[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 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
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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. lopaka From: Thane 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 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
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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 problems that do occur with hard drives. I would check the power supply to see if it is sending enough Amps to the HD during initial Boot. This means the DC +12v and +5v could be good, just not enough amps to turn on the HD correctly. Good luck, On May 28, 2013 at 11:03 AM Thane Sherrington th...@computerconnectionltd.com wrote: 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 Tim Lider Sr. Data Recovery Specialist Advanced Data Solutions, LLC http://www.adv-data.com timli...@adv-data.com
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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, On the two machines, one doesn't have a wait time option, but the other does. No change when I lengthen it. I think the drive is going. T
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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 power is turned on. This is one of the most problems that do occur with hard drives. I would check the power supply to see if it is sending enough Amps to the HD during initial Boot. This means the DC +12v and +5v could be good, just not enough amps to turn on the HD correctly. Hi Tim, Two machines, and both power supplies power up other HDs fine, so I think it's the drive. Thanks for the advice. T
