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[Novercalis]

Hey everyone, I have a new rig, everything has been perfectly fine until just now.
I just finished moving from Cali to FL and I just finished putting my rig together.
The problem I am having now is, my D drive is gone.
In Boot, it reads my HD but it doesn't show up in windows.

I would manually type D: and still nothing.
any suggestion?

 

[FelixDeCat]

Check to see if the power plug wire is all the way in. Then switch powercables to see if it isnt a short.

 

[Novercalis]

I dont understand your logic Felix. What does that have to do with my computer not reading my one of my Harddrive???

I have 3 HD:

1 74gb (C)
1 maxtor 250 (D)
1 maxtor 250 (E)

My computer reads C, E...

Now I just opened my computer and notice the Sata connector for D was unplugged.
but due to the small space I had to play with, I decided to remove the entire case (antec p180 case) slot desinated for Harddrives. Doing so, I had to unplug all of them and replug them all back in.
Now I just turned my computer back on and now I lost both D and E drive!!!
im kinda baffled here, any other suggestion?

 

[mechBgon]

Did you plug them back into the same SATA jacks that they were on before? What motherboard is this?

 

[Novercalis]

rig spec on my signature, epox mobo...
yes I plugged them all into the same place.
I just did it again and got my E drive back up, go figure...

so im still scratching my head... but unlike the first time, now on boot window, it doesnt read D drive... im tired of lifting that beast! grrr lol....

 

[Novercalis]

well it seems, the sata cable, the head is cracked which i didnt notice.
Although it still slips in fine, I am assuming it is the only thing that it could be.... grrr...
I have soo many computer junks, piees and all but no sata! Just like when you need a penny to pay exactly even instead of breaking that $100 bill, you can't seem to find a penny on the floor anywhere.... grrr

 

[FelixDeCat]

Originally posted by: Novercalis
well it seems, the sata cable, the head is cracked which i didnt notice.
Although it still slips in fine, I am assuming it is the only thing that it could be.... grrr...
I have soo many computer junks, piees and all but no sata! Just like when you need a penny to pay exactly even instead of breaking that $100 bill, you can't seem to find a penny on the floor anywhere.... grrr

Ive got 30 $100 bills, but no pennies.

 

[Bobthelost]

Originally posted by: Novercalis
well it seems, the sata cable, the head is cracked which i didnt notice.
Although it still slips in fine, I am assuming it is the only thing that it could be.... grrr...
I have soo many computer junks, piees and all but no sata! Just like when you need a penny to pay exactly even instead of breaking that $100 bill, you can't seem to find a penny on the floor anywhere.... grrr

For the want of a nail a kingdom was lost.

 

[Novercalis]

ugh, I actually found a spare sata cable.. a needle in a hay stack moment though!

than I rebooted, posted, it read all 3 and I was happy.. until the NTLDR message came out!
Thankfully for the laptop and search function, I enter bios and looked at the boot sequence and notice my C Drive was being booted last and was never read.. so I changed it and woot.. everything is perfect thankfully!

thx u all though.