My HDD is three years old. It was working just fine, and suddenly, and stopped. The bios setting says there s no HDD detected. Then I unplugged the sata cable of the HDD, and then plug it back in and it works. Then after about half an hour, the computer stops working again, same problem. And I unplugged and plugged it back in again.
Is this because of my HDD? Is my HDD dying? Or is it because of the SATA cable? Please!! I need a quick answer.
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dude! you need to back your files up NOW!
don't do anything else before you do. that drive is on it's last legs...
i've seen it a dozen times. get a USB drive and back important stuff up first.
Anonymous
Hard disk drives that are solid state breaks faster. This is due to the wear that is on the chips that gets really hot. Actually your longevity of a solid state drive depends on the manufacturer. If you go cheap with an offbrand the failure rate maybe higher.
Traditional hard disk drives don't usually go out, but they can and do. This is because of either several factors, the sealed metallic case breaks and dust gets on the platters or the read write heads fail or the mechanism of the spinning discs fail. Mechanical failure can occur.
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I don't know why 'Rick' got two thumbs down. Problems or failure the spindle are a leading cause of Hard Drive failure. Problems with the reading arm and a known cause as well. In General, too many things can go wrong with a Hard Drive.
In the past I've had problems with the SATA cable. As pointed out, Failing SATA ports on the motherboard or a failing chipset can also lead to the issues you're having. If the DVD drive won't read and it's not detected in the BIOS, and the USB ports are cutting in and out, then this could be indicative of a bad chipset.
If you're going to replace the drive, it's worth it to buy a new SATA cable anyway. They're cheap.
With troubleshooting, you usually start with the small stuff first, like testing the failed drive with the SATA cable and SATA power connector that are connected to the CD/DVD drive. There are too many things that can go wrong with a HDD.
Anonymous
Blame the HDD first. It has the moving part. Moving parts wear out. A cable is just a bunch of wires.
. As you can get it back on, now is the time to back up you important files that you wrote(letters and such and save it to USB stick. Then take it in to a shop. They can always load Win 10 to a new HDD but your important stuff is gone. Music or videos you downloaded you can always do that again...as the internet is always around.
I mean they will check for malware to see if that is doing it, or some other component that is shutting it down. If they find nothing then you are looking at a new HDD.
Spock (rhp)
could be either the cable or the hdd. you hope it's the cable ... cheaper to replace