Author Topic: Hard drive disappeared? (Read 1705 times)

Greendead · « **on:** July 07, 2007, 08:25:20 AM »

Oh please guys, help me. I have a hard drive problem.

Let me explain, what happened:
I have 2 hard drives, C: and D:. I have all games, movies, music, MTA, on drive D:. Now I was playing MTA normally, without any problems or lag and enjoying my self. Then, the game stopped, and I got a blue screen, nothing else. Nothing written on it. I restarted my PC and found out, that my drive D: disappeared I can't access any game, because it can't recognize the folder. Please help me guys, I have no idea, what the f**c is going on!!!

Thanks in advance.

rekees · « **Reply #1 on:** July 07, 2007, 08:53:19 AM »

hard drive exploded maybe?

hard drive got over heated?

open up ure computer and see if u can find any spare bits of a hard drive...

Inwa · « **Reply #2 on:** July 07, 2007, 09:00:46 AM »

Thats weird.. It's possible that it got overheated or something yes. Check inside your PC. Thats the best advice i can give ya.

Paxton · « **Reply #3 on:** July 07, 2007, 09:02:03 AM »

This is new to me.. it could be possible that the drive isn't linked properly now, or in the worst case it's broken. Check it out.. I think this is the point. Tell here then.

Vercitti Gang Boy · « **Reply #4 on:** July 07, 2007, 09:29:11 AM »

Make sure the IDE/SATA and power cables are plugged in all the way

Aries · « **Reply #5 on:** July 07, 2007, 09:44:06 AM »

Open the hard drive out and let some air get in between the discs

NO DON'T!

Hmm yeah check connections, try it in another computer maybe, check your power supply isn't failing to give enough power, worst case scenario you've lost a lot of data, back up man it's worth it.

boxXx · « **Reply #6 on:** July 07, 2007, 10:03:17 AM »

RAID FTW !!

well try system restore try reinstalling the harddrive ...

Open up the case the the disc out and test it ...

or get RAID !!!! FTW

Ferσή · « **Reply #7 on:** July 07, 2007, 10:47:50 AM »

This happend to me once while playing gta, I had to reformat.

Cody · « **Reply #8 on:** July 07, 2007, 11:19:29 AM »

It's happened to me also. Sortof. My HD's got currupted so I had to reformat. Lost alot of shit like you said.

boxXx · « **Reply #9 on:** July 07, 2007, 12:12:39 PM »

if you can / have the money get Raid you will never loose your stuff

JayFoxRox · « **Reply #10 on:** July 07, 2007, 12:22:49 PM »

- try to check for recently installed updates. make sure you dont use / do anything on the D: drive - it will mess up completly if you do.
- try to access it with a boot cd.
- do a scandsk on D: DONT LET WINDOWS FIX ANY PROBLEMS

Greendead · « **Reply #11 on:** July 07, 2007, 02:50:42 PM »

Allright, problem is solved. It's allright now.

What I did:
I just changed something in BIOS, I can't explain what, but I moved something.
(I'm in computer school, so I know how to work with BIOS)

Maxwell · « **Reply #12 on:** July 07, 2007, 06:28:42 PM »

It sounds kinda like your hard drive died.

First check if its showing up in bios and giving the right properties
ie NOT saying its a 0GB drive with 0RPM

check for loose connections ,

Try using it as a slave in a different PC

Paxton · « **Reply #13 on:** July 08, 2007, 03:34:59 AM »

Quote from: Greendead

Allright, problem is solved. It's allright now.

What I did:
I just changed something in BIOS, I can't explain what, but I moved something.
(I'm in computer school, so I know how to work with BIOS)

lol, good for you. Hope it won't happen to me.