BIOS won't recognize my hard drive

[jgarcia10]

Hey everyone,

My computer was down for a while and I tried removing my hard drive from my computer and putting it in a friends to get some files off of it. It's in a EZ Swap so I figured it'd be okay. He said that it would be okay to plug in the hard drive with the computer on (which obviously, it's not!) and went ahead and did it. It turned his computer off and it wouldn't even turn on with the HDD plugged in. Then we brought it back to my CPU and put it back in its bay, and my cpu turns on, but it isn't recognized in my BIOS. If I try to plug in my HDD without using the bay, my CPU won't start either. Am I completly screwed or is there any way I can get it going again. Thanks.

Jonathan

 

[wahnula]

As long as the connection was made properly, the EZSwap did no damage to your drive. Chances are good that's your HDD's time was up. If BIOS can't see it, the only hope is swapping logic boards with another, similar-as-possible drive.

Tony

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[cdogg]

If this is an IDE hard drive, make sure you have the jumper setting right. It may have been changed to "slave" when it was in your buddy's computer.

As a final test, try the drive in a computer that isn't having issues. Perhaps your PC's problems go deeper than the hard drive.

~cdogg
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[kjv1611]

He said that it would be okay to plug in the hard drive with the computer on (which obviously, it's not!) and went ahead and did it.
Yeah, chances are, it's done. If the data was REAL important, you can continue trying, and I'm sure the people here will offer what advice we can, but chances are, it's cooked. Generally, IDE and some SATA hard drives are not "hot swap capable." Only those types of drives should be connected/disconnected while powered up - via their main connections.

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