hard disk failure

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hi y'all
my computer keeps failing to find my main hard drive on autodetect. me thinks either a bios fault or a dodgy hard drive . obvious i know!! any suggestions ???
thanks
paul

 

Yeah what AJ said

Check the cable first

 

AJ's suggestion is solid - can you slave it to another computer to see if it even spins up and shows data?

 

go to the hard disk manufacturers website and download the diagnostic tool and run that. if the drive is failing you'll need to run this anyway before you can RMA it.

if you think the bios is at fault flash the latest version.

grim