Sata harddrive no longer shows up

stevedude · 03-05-2009, 05:12 PM

Hi guys, my 500gb sata harddrive hasn't been working for awhile and today i have time to try and fix it. So everything used to be good and working but now it won't show up in my computer. it shows up on startup and in device manager

The maxtor 5T030H3 is the 27gb
The maxtor STM3160812A is the 149Gb
so where is the 500gb sata?

**johnb35** · 03-05-2009, 06:47 PM

You need to go into disk management and see if it lists it in there. Its possible it just needs partitioned and formatted to be seen. HD's do go bad.

stevedude · 03-05-2009, 06:55 PM

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Originally Posted by johnb35

You need to go into disk management and see if it lists it in there. Its possible it just needs partitioned and formatted to be seen. HD's do go bad.

nope it's not there

**johnb35** · 03-05-2009, 07:18 PM

Can you test that drive in another computer?

stevedude · 03-05-2009, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by johnb35

Can you test that drive in another computer?

no the other other computer is my dads old one that i put together for him

**johnb35** · 03-05-2009, 08:51 PM

What about a friends computer? Can you take a screenshot of disk management for me?

wardhanster · 03-05-2009, 10:27 PM

yaa me too can you plz take screen shot of the device management tool

stevedude · 03-06-2009, 02:57 PM

stevedude · 03-06-2009, 04:29 PM

well i'm at school now in my troubleshooting computers class and my teacher says that Disk 0 is probably it and i have to right click on it and do something like make it valid or something

**Cromewell** · 03-06-2009, 04:55 PM

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well i'm at school now in my troubleshooting computers class and my teacher says that Disk 0 is probably it and i have to right click on it and do something like make it valid or something

Yes it's likely disk 0. Did you have it setup in a software RAID or something? It's showing as a dynamic disk.

03-05-2009, 05:12 PM	#1 (permalink)
stevedude Bronze Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 25	Sata harddrive no longer shows up Hi guys, my 500gb sata harddrive hasn't been working for awhile and today i have time to try and fix it. So everything used to be good and working but now it won't show up in my computer. it shows up on startup and in device manager The maxtor 5T030H3 is the 27gb The maxtor STM3160812A is the 149Gb so where is the 500gb sata? __________________ --Mobo: Gigabyte GA-Ma770-S3 --CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ 2.6GHz --RAM: 2GB+1GB --Storage: 30GB(XP) 160GB+500GB --Graphics: Nvidia 8500GT 512MB --OS: Windows XP Pro

03-05-2009, 06:47 PM	#2 (permalink)
johnb35 Moderator Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Near Joliet Illinois Age: 39 Posts: 3,630	You need to go into disk management and see if it lists it in there. Its possible it just needs partitioned and formatted to be seen. HD's do go bad. __________________ Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R CPU - E8400 Memory - 2GB Corsair XMS2 (2x 1gb) Graphics - ATI HD3870 Hard Drives - 250GB Seagate DVD Drive - Lite-On DVD Burner - Lite-On Power Supply - Rosewill RP600V2-S-SL 600W 22" Acer widescreen AL2216WBD

03-05-2009, 07:18 PM	#4 (permalink)
johnb35 Moderator Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Near Joliet Illinois Age: 39 Posts: 3,630	Can you test that drive in another computer? __________________ Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R CPU - E8400 Memory - 2GB Corsair XMS2 (2x 1gb) Graphics - ATI HD3870 Hard Drives - 250GB Seagate DVD Drive - Lite-On DVD Burner - Lite-On Power Supply - Rosewill RP600V2-S-SL 600W 22" Acer widescreen AL2216WBD

03-05-2009, 08:51 PM	#6 (permalink)
johnb35 Moderator Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Near Joliet Illinois Age: 39 Posts: 3,630	What about a friends computer? Can you take a screenshot of disk management for me? __________________ Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R CPU - E8400 Memory - 2GB Corsair XMS2 (2x 1gb) Graphics - ATI HD3870 Hard Drives - 250GB Seagate DVD Drive - Lite-On DVD Burner - Lite-On Power Supply - Rosewill RP600V2-S-SL 600W 22" Acer widescreen AL2216WBD

03-06-2009, 02:57 PM	#8 (permalink)
stevedude Bronze Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 25	__________________ --Mobo: Gigabyte GA-Ma770-S3 --CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ 2.6GHz --RAM: 2GB+1GB --Storage: 30GB(XP) 160GB+500GB --Graphics: Nvidia 8500GT 512MB --OS: Windows XP Pro

03-05-2009, 10:27 PM	#7 (permalink)
wardhanster Silver Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: India Posts: 216	yaa me too can you plz take screen shot of the device management tool

03-06-2009, 04:29 PM	#9 (permalink)
stevedude Bronze Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 25	well i'm at school now in my troubleshooting computers class and my teacher says that Disk 0 is probably it and i have to right click on it and do something like make it valid or something __________________ --Mobo: Gigabyte GA-Ma770-S3 --CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ 2.6GHz --RAM: 2GB+1GB --Storage: 30GB(XP) 160GB+500GB --Graphics: Nvidia 8500GT 512MB --OS: Windows XP Pro

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