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HD Vanished?

Discussion in 'Storage and Networking' started by tilly, Mar 9, 2005.

  1. tilly Newcomer, in training

    Hi Folks!
    New to this forum & not yet found any clues to help with my problem so thought I'd ask for some advice!
    My brother's computer was working fine then next thing the HD has vanished, I've looked in the BIOS & it's not there only the floppy & CD drive are there. I've tried booting from an old start up disk & trying to reinstall Windows XP but obviously if the HD is not being seen that's not going to work!
    Is there anything else I should try before I go out & buy a new drive?
    Thanks
    Tilly :giddy:
    tilly, Mar 9, 2005
    #1

  2. dopefisher Newcomer, in training Posts: 540

    try disconnecting and reconnecting your drive.
    dopefisher, Mar 10, 2005
    #2

  3. howard_hopkinso Newcomer, in training Posts: 25,949   +16

    Hello and welcome to Techspot.

    If after checking the connections you are still having problems,then maybe a new ide cable will fix it.

    Also check to see if the jumper on the back of the HDD has worked loose or fallen off.

    Regards Howard :wave: :wave:
    howard_hopkinso, Mar 10, 2005
    #3

  4. tilly Newcomer, in training

    Thanks!
    Checked all that out & still no joy so looks like I get a new HD & try that.
    One more thing, could it be possible that a virus has done this?
    tilly, Mar 11, 2005
    #4

  5. howard_hopkinso Newcomer, in training Posts: 25,949   +16

    Does sound like a new HDD may be in order.

    As to whether a virus can kill a HDD I`m not to sure. I seem to remember an article that said it could but I can`t find it.

    I did however find this that may be of interest.

    http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,,377504,00.asp

    Regards Howard :grinthumb
    howard_hopkinso, Mar 11, 2005
    #5

  6. tilly Newcomer, in training

    New HD did the trick
    Thanks for your help! :giddy:
    tilly, Mar 14, 2005
    #6
     
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