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Lost hard drive?
I added an additional hard drive 4 years ago which has worked fine and was
designated as "D".Today when I went to access a file which I knew from past experience was on this "D" drive I was unable to obtain the file and when I go to "my compuer" it no longer shows this "D" drive but uses that name for what used to be "E" file .Is the additional hard drive dead? What to do? -- Thanks, Hank |
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Lost hard drive?
"hankB" wrote in message news:1xWYf.11917$FD4.9815@dukeread07... I added an additional hard drive 4 years ago which has worked fine and was designated as "D".Today when I went to access a file which I knew from past experience was on this "D" drive I was unable to obtain the file and when I go to "my compuer" it no longer shows this "D" drive but uses that name for what used to be "E" file .Is the additional hard drive dead? What to do? though the drive could be dead... you should check all connections... also see if it's detected in the bios |
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Lost hard drive?
Thanx for a quick reply...How does one check the bios for this drive?
-- Thanks, Hank |
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Lost hard drive?
I did a quick google and saw that an "F3" tap would take me to BIOS.I did
that after a manual restart,did NOT see BIOS but... the "D" drive has returned!! Your skill/long distance Mojo is appreciated :) -- Thanks, Hank |
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Lost hard drive?
"hankB" wrote in message
news:cWXYf.11921$FD4.43@dukeread07... I did a quick google and saw that an "F3" tap would take me to BIOS.I did that after a manual restart,did NOT see BIOS but... the "D" drive has returned!! Your skill/long distance Mojo is appreciated This is a hint that nonappearance of the drive may have been caused by cable malfunction. This happened to me because of the combination of a wrong jumper setting (C, not M or S) and a flaky power supply to the drive. (Fortunately most PCs have several extra power supply plugs.) An unrelated possible cause is a weak and dying CMOS battery (see earlier posts on how to locate and replace it.) -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) |
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Lost hard drive?
"hankB" wrote in message news:cWXYf.11921$FD4.43@dukeread07... I did a quick google and saw that an "F3" tap would take me to BIOS.I did that after a manual restart,did NOT see BIOS but... the "D" drive has returned!! Your skill/long distance Mojo is appreciated :) Well hopefully it will stay working... but i'd check the connections inside... |
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Lost hard drive?
As a drive gets older it can take longer to spin up and come ready. If it
takes too long the system doesn't detect it as existing in the system and won't allocate a drive letter. If the problem occurs again, restart Windows without turning the machine off and see if the drive is then recognised. -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "hankB" wrote in message news:cWXYf.11921$FD4.43@dukeread07... I did a quick google and saw that an "F3" tap would take me to BIOS.I did that after a manual restart,did NOT see BIOS but... the "D" drive has returned!! Your skill/long distance Mojo is appreciated :) |
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Lost hard drive?
I did as suggested and was able to get it recognized...although I am not
anxious to buy a new PC,this one is 7 years old,used daily X 2-5 hours and I wonder if it is about to quit. -- Thanks, Hank |
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