I have a WD SATA drive that passes all SMART tests, and appears to
work fine, but when I cold boot, it doesn't detect (and I get a boot
disk error). If I immediately warm boot, it detects and boots up
fine. It does this in two PCs, so it's the drive, not the machine.
Any ideas?
T
Sherrington th...@computerconnectionltd.com
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Sent: Tue, May 28, 2013 11:04:56 AM
Subject: [H] Odd hard drive issue
I have a WD SATA drive that passes all SMART tests, and appears to work fine,
but when I cold boot, it doesn't detect (and I get a boot disk error). If I
Hello Thane,
I see this a lot. It could either be that it is taking longer to calibrate and
go ready, if this is happening replace it quickly.
Another thing is that the power supply is not powering the hard drive enough on
the first boot after power is turned on. This is one of the most
At 04:10 PM 28/05/2013, Robert Martin Jr. wrote:
Most new bios let you adjust the wait time for the drive to respond. Try
increasing the time until it detects correctly each time. I had a
SSD that used
to do that and that's how I fixed it. If not that, drives probably
going south.
Hi Lopaka,
At 05:02 PM 28/05/2013, Tim Lider wrote:
Hello Thane,
I see this a lot. It could either be that it is taking longer to
calibrate and
go ready, if this is happening replace it quickly.
Another thing is that the power supply is not powering the hard
drive enough on
the first boot after
