hdd dead?

[bpizzle1]

hey guys i had a quick question.

as of last night, my pc was working normally. when i woke up this morning, i couldnt bring my pc out of sleep mode via clicks, moving the mouse, pressing keys, etc, so i manually powered down and started it back up. when i started it back up i now get the message "DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER." looking around the post screen i notice that the pc isnt actually recognizing my hdd since all of the master/slave disk lines say "none." after taking the hdd out, i took it up the road to a little computer shop, and had the lady plug in the hdd to see if her pc would even recognize the hdd. she had the same issue there that i was having.

now, i assume the hdd is dead, and ive actually ordered a new one from newegg, but when i was playing around with it a minute ago, i noticed that the hdd still feels like it is spinning when i power the up the pc. im almost positive it is not my motherboard due to the fact that i can still boot from a SATA dvd drive. just wanted to make sure there was nothing else i could do to try to fix my hdd. any help would be appreciated.

thanks.

 

[tiraides]

Do you have the new hard drive in place already?

If so, have you tried to "find" the dead hard drive using the Disk Management program (under System Management)?

 

[bpizzle1]

no, i just ordered the new one from newegg this afternoon after the hdd wouldnt come up on the pc in the shop.

 

[Alxs]

That is weird. It has happened to me once with an older hdd. Then I stoped using it for about 3 months and then I decided to try it again as a second drive (not as master) and I could use it. I don't know what was the cause tough.