Hard Disk = Houdini

[kilgore777]

I purchased new PC in May (has 2-WD 250GB WD Caviar SATA II HDDs). Had problems not related to HDDs; sent PC back. PC returned, still had problems; had to reinstall Vista. Used WD Dataguard software to erase HDD. Reinstalled Vista. Inadvertently installed Vista to (what was originally) the second drive (now C, so Vista was on both drives. Formatted second drive (now D to remove Vista.

Then, second HDD was not being recognized by the OS or in the BIOS. Called tech support and they suggested that I open the case and make sure everything was well seated. Everything seemed OK. Upon reboot, both HDDs visible and functioning properly for about four days. Two days ago, I tried to save a file to the second HDD and the system froze. (I had saved to the HDD without a problem, before). Rebooted and HDD not recognized; rebooted several times, still no HDD. Yesterday turned on PC and both HDDs were there again. Could save, etc. Turned off PC; would not shut down (just stayed on “shutting down” not frozen, just processing for a long time). Rebooted and second HDD gone, again.

The Tech at Avadirect thinks the HDD is a goner, but I have had them die before but they never acted like this. Should I RMA or does it sound like it could be something else?

Any suggestions would be really appreciated. Thanks!

BTW, I am not using any RAID configs.

 

[Ockie]

Sounds like a drive holding on a thread of life.

 

[kilgore777]

Yeah, I guess you are right. I have had drives die on me before but never had this crap happen. I thought maybe a bad SATA cable or something could be to blame...