C
clower
What does it mean when the computer stops recognizing the
hard drive?
hard drive?
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Alvin A Brown
Hello
Means your harddrive is going bad and time to repalce it
Alvin
Means your harddrive is going bad and time to repalce it
Alvin
D
David Jones
It means either a piece of hardware has failed, or a
connection is loose, or both.
connection is loose, or both.
C
Cari \(MS-MVP\)
If it's recognized by the BIOS but not in Windows, it generally means the
hard drive has too many errors on it for Windows to be able to read it.
If it's not recognized by the BIOS, first check it has adequate power and
that the cables are secure both ends.
It can be caused by any of the following
Bad hard drive
Bad motherboard
Bad PSU
Bad cables
Cari
www.coribright.com
hard drive has too many errors on it for Windows to be able to read it.
If it's not recognized by the BIOS, first check it has adequate power and
that the cables are secure both ends.
It can be caused by any of the following
Bad hard drive
Bad motherboard
Bad PSU
Bad cables
Cari
www.coribright.com
C
clower
thank you - I just replaced the PSU and it still won't
work? Do you think the drive itself is bad?
work? Do you think the drive itself is bad?
G
George Cruppi
Or check that your settings in the BIOS haven't been changed to a different
harddrive. Make sure your BIOS is set to auto-detect the harddrive. If it
detects correctly but still won't boot then you may have a boot record
problem.
harddrive. Make sure your BIOS is set to auto-detect the harddrive. If it
detects correctly but still won't boot then you may have a boot record
problem.