Help: PC does not see hard drive

[steve]

I fear the worse with this.
My PC has will not boot up. First it did not see the hard drive, the
following day it saw it and ran scandisk. Surface scan then started running
and it found 4 bad clusters (fixed) in the first 26% then just hung.
Now it will not see the hard drive at all.
Am I right in thinking I need a new one?
If I do will a straight swop of a similar hard drive be allright or could
there be a more underlying problem.
Thank you.

 

[philo]

I fear the worse with this.
My PC has will not boot up. First it did not see the hard drive, the
following day it saw it and ran scandisk. Surface scan then started running
and it found 4 bad clusters (fixed) in the first 26% then just hung.
Now it will not see the hard drive at all.
Am I right in thinking I need a new one?
If I do will a straight swop of a similar hard drive be allright or could
there be a more underlying problem.
Thank you.

it could be bad...
but first check to see if the bios can detect it...
also check the cables to see if maybe something is loose...

 

[Proto]

I fear the worse with this.
My PC has will not boot up. First it did not see the hard drive, the
following day it saw it and ran scandisk. Surface scan then started running
and it found 4 bad clusters (fixed) in the first 26% then just hung.
Now it will not see the hard drive at all.
Am I right in thinking I need a new one?
If I do will a straight swop of a similar hard drive be allright or could
there be a more underlying problem.
Thank you.

Download the manufactures diagnostic

 

[steve]

Thanks for the replies.
I was right with my thoughts, the hard drive is to blame. Put a new one in
and it works now. Just got to load all the software again.
Thanks for the help.

 

[scott and barb]

Time to throw the ol' drive in the freezer!