is my hdd dead ?

[BobRoberts123]

So today i turned on my system ( which has a 3tb seagate barracuda 7200rpm hdd inside for os + files ) and i installed an update for windows . When i turned on my computer again , got the "insert proper boot device and reboot" error. I went to the bios and nothing seemed out of place (hdd selected as first boot device ). When trying to use windows recovery options (with the windows disc both the reset and recover options said the partition used for recovery was locked or not detected .
I hadn't seen any previous symptoms such as slow transfer speeds or clicking noises and i tried switching to anoth sata port, but this did not help .
Does anyone have any ideas?
Any answers will be appreciated.

 

[RageGamingZone]

What you could try 1st of all and reset the bios to defaults by removing that little battery thats on the motherboard and see if your HDD gets detected.

 

[DiegoD]

How old is your drive, not saying that age is the ultimate test of your drive's lifespan but it may still be under warranty if it is, in fact dead.

You can try listening to he drive to see if it is repeating the same sequence over and over. If it is, than it's dying man.

 

[BobRoberts123]

I think its actually my motherboard which is the problem because i actually had to reinstall windows and it works fine . My mobo is refurbished and i got it recently so ill update the bios and see what happens

 

[D_Know_WD]

Hi there BobRoberts123,

The fact that an OS re installation has fixed the issue, could indicate some HDD related problems. In order to see whether this is the case, you can just test the drive: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/282651-32-best-diagnostic-testing-utility

In case there is something wrong with it, you need to back up the data stored on it.

Cheers,
D_Know_WD