why wont my hard disk work?
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If cable was an issue it would not have worked at all. Do this to get a resolution. I hope you are using a Seagate HDD (cuz its widely used but my steps have nothing to do with a brand. It,s in general)\n\nTurn off your PC. Unplug it from the mains. Ground yurself by touching the cabinet. Now remove the HDD CAbles from Both motherboard and HDD. Blow some air on the ends of the cables and also the points where you put in the cables on the motherboard and HDD. Now plug it back. Start your PC and directly go to the BIOS and check if your HDD is detected or not. IF yes just reboot the pc and start ir. IF not then some issue here. You can also unplug the HDD and get it to yur Friends pc and check if it works on the first attempt or still it takes time.If it works there then you can narrowdown the problem in yur PC. IF it does the same there Get yur PC to the desktop anyways. Once done go to your HDD manufacturers website. BAck up your data first. Download a software that can do a low level format on your HDD. Follow the instructions and do a low level format and then reinstall the OS. If it still does the same replace it if its under warranty. \n\nSo you got the solution. GO follow it get back on your PC as soon as possible. Best of luck.
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maybe ur hard disk if full. try to reinstall you windows again or try to back up ur files and then reinstall your OS.
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If the drive doesn't have a partition on it then you might need something better than scandisk, like seatools Desktop\n\nhttp://www.seagate.com/support/seatools/\n\nSeatools although it's written by seagate will check any harddrive for bad sectors, or other problems. Download and burn the iso.
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u have to format the hdd.. if no go, u will have to debug the hdd... u can get the debugging instructions from the internet..\n\nbut first try with a diff cd., maybe the cd has issues.. otherwise, the problem is with the hdd..
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check your bios to see if the drive is being properly recognized. You may need to properly partition the hard drive, but that would be unusual if you are installing windows from this century.
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your hard disk might have developed some bad sectors, or there is some problem with your file system.\n\nRun a complete scan on your hard disk, it can solve your problem.
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Make sure SATA is enabled in the BIOS.  Make sure that the jumper settings on your drives are all right.  Make sure that everything is powered correctly and connected securely.
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buy a new hard drive yours is going bad
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im not really sure what the problem is it could be many things. try these tips:\nmake sure that the the drive is pluged in firmly inside the computer.\ntry reinstalling drivers for the device
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The Blue Screen of Death..... try to start in safe mode. if that will not work,  your HD might be Dead....
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Try this -\n\nOpen control panel, then system, then hardware, then device manager, then disk drives, double click on your bad drive and click troubleshoot.\n\nGood Luck
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The hard drive may have failed. Go in to the BIOS and see if the drive is found.
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try checking ur disk by using chkdsk on ur drive \nor alternatively have the recovery console for that operatign system
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yea check ALL the drives.\nif not, u r screwed, and might need to format ur hdd or get a new 1
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Have you got a recovery disk?\n\nIf yes try that.\n\nIf no, seek expert help.\n\n///
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take it to any technician. dont do anything yourself u dont know about. u r facing this problkem b/c it fell down. harddisk is most likely a sensitive equipment. always be careful with it.
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Make sure your machine is setup to boot off of your CD-rom and then insert disc one of your system recovery set (or some name of that nature).  Follow the prompts on the screen with the realization that everything currently on your harddrive will be wiped out!  Good luck!\n\nDrop me a line if you need more help.