Suchy
02-10-2008, 11:14 PM
Once in a while when I turn on my pc my Sata Samsung HD (500 Gigs) is not recognized before windows boots up. When I restart the pc, same thing happens, I have to turn the pc on/off couple of thimes for the HD to show up.
Couple of times it also "died" while windows was running (in XP I got a error message and the hd dissapeared form my computer, in Vista the system froze up)
I did multiple tests (with windows system tools, and other apps and always the HD come up as 100 % working). Also when the HD is gone, and then I get it to show up nothing is lost, and all my data is fine.
What can be causing this behavior, faulty HD or not enough power (I have a total of 4 HD's, CD Drive, floppy drive, multiple of fans with neons and cables that glow which require power running on a 430w power cube) or something else ?
Couple of times it also "died" while windows was running (in XP I got a error message and the hd dissapeared form my computer, in Vista the system froze up)
I did multiple tests (with windows system tools, and other apps and always the HD come up as 100 % working). Also when the HD is gone, and then I get it to show up nothing is lost, and all my data is fine.
What can be causing this behavior, faulty HD or not enough power (I have a total of 4 HD's, CD Drive, floppy drive, multiple of fans with neons and cables that glow which require power running on a 430w power cube) or something else ?