Thread: Hard Drive disappear.

Hey ,
lately my HD just disappear with no warning , and came back when i restart.
its 1TB WD i think ive got that one for a year..



p.s
its not the HD where the OS is installed

Right click on my computer > Manage > Storage > Disk Management

it have to be there...

what HDD is? an External or Internal? it can be also dead lol

so what now you can see the drive or not? what do you want to know lol

Did you install/uninstall anything before that happened?
I can think of some causes:
_You just install/remove some clone drive software.
_Your HDD have bad areas.
_Your power supply is not enough.
_Something's wrong with the cable or fan system.
I suggest you make a disk check. But if it's the first time then there's no need to worry about. If it repeats later then you can start worrying.

its Internal HD and he is not dead.. after i restart he came back , his status is also healthy
its the 3rd time.
1st was long time ago and the other 2 was this week..
im useing Virtual Clone Drive but its installed on the other HD.

Hard Disk Sentinel
Hard Disk Sentinel - HDD health and temperature monitoring

this is best program if you want to see if you HDD is fine... install and report back what the program tell you :)

Originally Posted by sam8cb

Hard Disk Sentinel
Hard Disk Sentinel - HDD health and temperature monitoring

this is best program if you want to see if you HDD is fine... install and report back what the program tell you :)

This looks Great....will give it a Try... ;-)

The drive found 53 bad sectors during its self test.
There are 89 weak sectors found on the disk surface. They may be remapped any time in the later use of the disk.
At this point, warranty replacement of the disk is not yet possible, only if the health drops further.
It is recommended to examine the log of the disk regularly. All new problems found will be logged there.

It is recommended to backup immediately to prevent data loss.

estimated lifetime remaining: 83 days

so?!
just wait till he will die?

this is bad news for you :S like it says first make a backup of all your data you need copy to other drive than:
If that was my drive i would try to run a Disk Check - Windows 7 Forums
Than if this won't help and it won't lol i would format the drive with this program HDDGURU: HDD Low Level Format Tool <- this program need a lot of time about 10 h or more and it might help your drive. There is no safe to have files you need on that drive even the Hard Disk Sentinel show that drive is fine after you run this programs. When some drive start to corrupts than you have to buy a new one. That programs can buy you some time but the drive will die maybe tomorrow maybe next year you can't never know

well thats the 2nd time for me with WD..
to bad , ill just wait it will die then ill use the warranty.

anyway thx a lot!