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03-04-2010, 10:30 PM
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Backup hard drive not showing up :(
I've had this drive for a couple of years now and I've never had issues with it before.
I have about a good 400gb of stuff loaded on there (music, pictures, work etc) and it's not showing up anymore.
I checked disk management and it only shows my C: disc and E: disc with no mention of D: I didn't hear any sort of weird noises (clicking) or have any issue loading files off that drive prior to this.
Is there anyway of fixing this or am I SOL? 
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03-04-2010, 10:43 PM
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1. Did you try using a different SATA/IDE cable and/or slot?
2. Did you try sticking it into an enclosure or another computer?
You didn't mention any diagnostic attempts in the post, so I'd advise you to try those.
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03-05-2010, 12:29 AM
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Took out my secondary backup drive and put this drive in its place and it still didn't show up in bios.
Is there anything else I can do to start it up so I can copy the important files over?
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03-06-2010, 05:22 PM
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If it's not recognized in BIOS, you're pretty much screwed. You could try the freezer trick, but that's just about the last resort.
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03-07-2010, 02:34 AM
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You can try recovering it by replacing the controller board of the hard drive as well. It's a tad expensive seeing as you'll need a working drive that is identical in the model.
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