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Drive 0 not found
I found this on the web when searching for a replacement drive. "When it comes to data recovery one of the most common problems Western Digital(WD) hard drives experience is burnt cuircuit board(PCB). WD drives are very vulnerable to overheating, power surges and streaks. Quite often bad...- wags2
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- Forum: PC hardware - Hard drive issues
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Drive 0 not found
Well, I took battery out for about 15 to 20 minutes. Restarted and not getting a different message. Drive 1 not found: Serial ATA, SATA 2 Floppy diskette seek failure. Could the drive controller be bad? I may have changed some settings in setup just to see what would change so maybe the...- wags2
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- Forum: PC hardware - Hard drive issues
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Drive 0 not found
When I find some time I will try what you suggested. The thing is, we were using the computer to run a printer even after the storm had passed then shut it down for weekend. It is on a power strip, yes I know a UPS is better, and it still had power to it but computer was down all weekend. We...- wags2
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- Forum: PC hardware - Hard drive issues
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Drive 0 not found
We had a bad storm last week but never lost power. We had a few power blinks but computer never shut down. It is a Dell OptiPlex. This morning we tried to boot but it gives us the message Drive 0 (zero) not found. We unplugged from wall for 5 minutes and still won't boot. I unplugged all...- wags2
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