Hard disk keeps dissapearing - help D:

  • limelier
    23rd May 2012 Member 0 Permalink

    So, I'm playing my PC for say, half an hour, sometimes 3 hours, it varies, and suddenly, one of my hard drives somehow dissapears. Since it's the hard drive I have 90% of my useful stuff on, it's really annoying. On PC restart, it pops up, only to re-dissapear later. Any help?

  • EqualsThree
    23rd May 2012 Member 0 Permalink

    Uhh, what do you mean "disappears"?

  • Fast-Driver
    23rd May 2012 Member 0 Permalink

    @tudoreleuu (View Post)

     Say what?!

    @EqualsThree (View Post)

     I doesn't show up in My Computer, I assume.

  • grandmaster
    23rd May 2012 Member 0 Permalink

    Maybe your connector is broken and you  should buy a new one (I mean the sata or usb with that) so maybe a new motherboard

  • limelier
    23rd May 2012 Member 0 Permalink

    @grandmaster (View Post)

     If I had the money, I'd buy a new PC. This one is crap.

    @Fast-Driver (View Post)

     Yes, it just dissapears from my computer and loses link to all my games and programs that need the files in there.

  • EqualsThree
    23rd May 2012 Member 0 Permalink

    Does the icons load in the desktop?

  • limelier
    23rd May 2012 Member 0 Permalink

    Out of the ones leading to programs in the missing HD, aka E:// -- Some do, some don't. Most do, but when you try to open them, it tells you they're broken.

  • grandmaster
    23rd May 2012 Member 0 Permalink

    @tudoreleuu (View Post)

    try using another usb-port/sata-port then else send it to get fixed

  • boxmein
    23rd May 2012 Former Staff 0 Permalink
    @tudoreleuu (View Post)
    Try splitting the problem to multiple "culprits", then eliminate the suspects.
    It may be:
    Faulty hardware
    Faulty cable
    Faulty port(HDD side)
    Faulty port(Motherboard side)
    Faulty power connection
    Faulty software(Unlikely)
  • vanquish349
    24th May 2012 Member 0 Permalink
    @tudoreleuu (View Post)
    internal or external?