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Is there a non-panic inducing reason why a hard drive wouldn't be detected?
I left my PC on overnight and when I woke up, my hard drive wasn't showing up in disk management but when I rebooted, it was listed in the BIOS and everything was fine when I booted into windows. I opened it up to double check my cables and everything was in right. Should I be worried about my drive failing? I only got it a couple months ago
>>12125
No
>>12127
i'm sorry, i should've made the post a little more clear
no, i shouldn't worry that the drive is failing or no, there isn't a non-panic reason why?
>>12128
Yes
>>12125
Make sure it's plugged in all the way first.
>>12125
Windows will remove your drive if its SATA link fails enough times.
But that's still a bad thing.
If that was my hard disk, I'd have replaced it already.
Hard disks fail in a "bathtub curve". They either fail when they're really new (because they were never made right in the first place, or because they got damaged between the factory and your PC), or they fail when they're really old (because they wear out, or because some freak accident finally happens).
Stop using your PC, buy/borrow enough storage to back your disk up to, and RMA it under warranty.
>>12125
hard disk sentinel can check if your hd is failing
if your PC is a laptop then power management bullshit could be why that happens
