http://www.maximumpc.com/tags/data+recovery used for category lists, takes arguments en http://www.maximumpc.com/article/ask_doctor/help_my_drive_disappeared <img src="http://www.maximumpc.com/sites/future.p2technology.com/files/imce-images/Icon_Doctor.png" alt="Ask the Doctor Logo" hspace="5" vspace="5" width="150" height="150" align="right" /><p><em>I built an Intel-based system that’s running on a Gigabyte 945P-S3 motherboard. I’m chugging on three SATA hard drives—a 120GB, 250GB, and 500GB. The processor is a Core 2 Duo E6300 running at 1.86GHz, along with 4GB of 667MHz memory and a GeForce 5800 Ultra Extreme 512MB graphics card.</em></p><p><em>So what’s my problem? The system runs OK with 64-bit Vista Ultimate SP1, but I have a problem with the 500GB drive disappearing. It doesn’t show up in any of the installed diagnostic programs, Windows disk management, or anywhere else. If I swap the power supply connector around, the drive will show up for a while, but then it disappears again. (The power supply is a Thermaltake 800W unit that’s about a year old, and it has swappable plug connectors.)</em></p><p><em> Most times a reboot shows the disk in the BIOS as “BzBzBzBz...” What’s going on?<br /> </em></p> <div align="right"><strong>—Frank Buttell</strong></div><p>Hit the jump to see what Frank's options are!</p><p><a href="http://www.maximumpc.com/article/ask_doctor/help_my_drive_disappeared">read more</a></p> http://www.maximumpc.com/article/ask_doctor/help_my_drive_disappeared#comments July 2008 From the Magazine ask the doctor data recovery disappearing drive sata Ask the Doctor 2008 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:40:41 -0500 The Maximum PC Staff 2642 at http://www.maximumpc.com