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HDD Failure, please help !!!!!!!

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budbecks

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Hi,

I have always brought Western Digital HDD and i have never had a problem with them. my current pc is configured with 3 western digitals, 2 of them being connected to the SATA and 1 on a IDE and i also have a MAXTOR which i brough as i needed the space quickly.

My problem is 1 of my HDD keeps stopping and rebooting. Not thew pc but just 1 of the HDD's. i cant tell which 1 it is and i wouldn't know how to find out as 99% of the time it works fine. When it happens it last for about 4 secs and the computer freezes and i cant move the mouse. But then once the HDD is spinning again it works fine. It tends to do this about 2 or 3 times in a row and then i does not do it for about another 3 hours. I have had this happen before and then it stopped for about a month and now its back.

Could anyone please advise me of how to find out which HDD it is and how i can fix the problem ? :confused:

Many thanks in advance.
My email address is budbecks@aol.com
 
If it is rebooting it is probably the main drive. Simply go on to the drive manufactures website and download their disk diagnosis software and give it a run
 
im not sure which drive it is though.

When i say rebooting, i dont mean the whole pc reboots, just the hdd. the pc freezes and then is fine again after 4-5 seconds.

I will get the WD and Maxtor utilities and give them a check too.

many tanks
 
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