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Hard drive not getting detected ,what does this mean?

• The laptop is not booting up. When I go to bios and start the hard drive self test it gives the error message like hard drive is not getting detected. • What is the next step? Do I replace the hard drive or should try reseating the hard drive. • Does taking the hard drive out removing the wires , then connecting the wires back and putting the hard drive back in the socket work. • Should the1st step be a power drain as sometimes static electricity leads to the malfunction. • Also is it advisable to put the computer in sleep mode when not in use or is it better to shut it down. If the computer has been lying in sleep mode for long periods of time does it lead to the computer not booting up after some time.

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Question added by Subhranshu Ganguly , Quality Analyst. , WIPRO
Date Posted: 2013/10/30
Jayson Aglubat
by Jayson Aglubat , Graphic Designer/Information Technology , Local Government

Hard drive is  damaged still can recover the file by replacing the electronics card.. I used to have that problem too and I recovered my file that almost melted down my body because of my archives...

basm alah alrahman alrahim

 

I think the first thing to do is just unplug your hard ( after take the battery out and unplug power from laptop) then plug your hard drive at any PC to see if it is work or not

 

If it work then may be the data connector at your laptop is damaged or it may be not clean ( clean it first )

 

If it dosnt work that mean  your hard is the problem , at this point you must do the following

 

1 - look to your hard connectors ( power and data ) carfully , see if they are damaged or if thay not clean ( if they are IDE and you saw  broken power  pens you can solder them ) if thay are SATA you can change them with new ones

 

2 - if it  dose not work so there is a big problem ( if you didnt here any sound from your hard that mean that there is damage at the components , but if you here sny sound that mean you have bad media or bad head and you can get your data from it by  a profficinal engineer or manintenance shop ) 

 

 

 

 

Emad Mohammed said abdalla
by Emad Mohammed said abdalla , ERP & IT Software, operation general manager . , AL DOHA Company

For some reason your system is not recognizing the Hard Drive. Could be it crashed, or your operating system is corrupted. Get a boot disk and run it and see if your disk is recognized in DOS mode. If it is, you might have to reformat and reload your O/S. If it's not in there, crashed.

Another possibility could be that your CMOS battery is dying. This little round battery supplies power to keep BIOS settings intact. The BIOS stores information such as the configurations of your hard drives and CD-ROM drives. If this battery is dead, it loses that information and booting problems can occur. Try testing or replacing the battery if the hard drive sounds normal and is powered up.

Jose Mari Alcantara
by Jose Mari Alcantara , Technical Support Senior Analyst , OmniQuest, Inc.

Try first to change and use a good SATA or PATA Cable.

If not, try to slave the hard drive and try to recover its files.

It also works if you interchange cables, like plugging and un-plugging over again.

If all of this did not work, a great possibility that your hard drive had a bad sector.

This is still recoverable using some software, as long as your hard drive is able to run it is still recoverable.

mohamed aboelkher
by mohamed aboelkher , مدير , القوات المسلحة

you sure it from setting hard disk in bios and then try startup with portapol cd otherwise your hard format it

you shouhd see that to solve your problem

https://www.easeus.com/storage-media-recovery/restore-data-when-hard-drive-not-detected-in-bios.html

go to bios and chick hard drive is on else diconnect the hard drive's cable and connect to Motherboards , else replace another hard drive .

عبدالله  مسعد
by عبدالله مسعد , مهندس حاسب , مدارس النصر

  use program MiniTool Partition Wizard Professional Edition for make that hard on or dommage

mohamed saad
by mohamed saad , Senior WordPress developer , Innostead

this problem have many reasons:

- the hard drive cable maybe damaged

- the hard drive maybe damaged by a bad sector or any phiscal damage

soulotion: 

- you must make test by herin's boot cd 

- if the test shows that its totaly damaged you can buy a new one or trying to fix it on computer maintenance company

 

ELHUSSEIN SALAH LABIB RADWAN ABU HAMMAM
by ELHUSSEIN SALAH LABIB RADWAN ABU HAMMAM , Driver , نقابة السائقين

You should check Hardisk through the maintenance programs may have a hard disk iPad Sketor or damage prevents the computer from reading or discovery of the second If the examination failed to solve the problem there are one of them that the hard disk card is infected with it, or that the hard to damage the whole inspection maintenance programs Then check manually until you resolve the problem by adjusting.

deepak dhawan
by deepak dhawan , Technician, team leader , Lloyd

I think the first thing to do is just unplug your hard ( after take the battery out and unplug power from laptop) then plug your hard drive at any oher system like laptop and pc  to check if it is work or not

 

If it work then may be the data connector at your laptop is damaged or it may be not clean ( clean it first )

 

If it dosnt work that mean  your hard is the problem , at this point you must do the following

 

 look to your hard connectors ( power and data ) carfully , see if they are damaged or if thay not clean ( if they are IDE and you saw  broken power  pens you can solder them ) if thay are SATA you can change them with new ones. If not not work after all his so you have to change ypur hard drive

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