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    HDD not accessible

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by vinnie_febs, Dec 14, 2012.

  1. vinnie_febs

    vinnie_febs Notebook Enthusiast

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    So for no reason, out of no where; my internal secondary HDD decided to just not work. It sees it but it just not accessible for no reason. Any ideas?

    hdd error.jpg
     
    vinnie_febs, Dec 14, 2012
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  2. MickyD1234

    MickyD1234 Notebook Prophet

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    Right click on it and make it a NTFS partition.

    You have no data there though so if it was working and you had stuff there, it is gone, so something went wrong. Have you played with RAID settings? Did you purchase from dell direct :)

    Edit: you need to run dell hardware diagnostics on it first - it could have just failed. It's in the boot menu, F12 at bios screen if I remember correctly??
     
    MickyD1234, Dec 15, 2012
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    radji Farewell, Solenya...

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    If it was working before and had data on it, the drive might have completely failed. You can always try removing the drive and hooking it up to another system and see if it still is inaccessible.
     
    radji, Dec 15, 2012
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  4. vinnie_febs

    vinnie_febs Notebook Enthusiast

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    So all my data still there, good thing. I plugged the HDD with a USB adapter, but it doesn't see it while installed. Interesting.
     
    vinnie_febs, Dec 16, 2012
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    Alienware-L_Porras Company Representative

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    Well at least you can use it while unplugging the other one. It could be a SATA limitation on the mobo. Just a guess.
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, Dec 18, 2012
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