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tru003
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_ 		10. December 2006 @ 16:38 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I have three hdd's installed in my computer. Everything has been running fine for the past 10 months. Then all of the sudden when my computer was booting up it was stating that there may be hdd failure and I need to save my files. Then my computer started to run slow and after that it stated that my G drive is inaccessible. Now it does not see the drive at all. I did a Western Digital diagnostic test and it says there is an error. Does anyone know what may be the problem? If so am I able to recover my files? Thanks!

Os-XP
2 gb memory
Hdd-120, 80, 320
Ati Radeon X850
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ddp
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_ 		10. December 2006 @ 19:00 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
reseat the data & power cables to drives. what drive is with that hd?
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tru003
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_ 		11. December 2006 @ 07:57 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I already had uninstalled the drive and reinstalled. I even ran a virus scan and nothing is working.
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ddp
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_ 		11. December 2006 @ 09:21 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
try another data cable with just that hd on it.
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tru003
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_ 		11. December 2006 @ 14:38 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I tried that but the hdd is still not showing up.
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ddp
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_ 		11. December 2006 @ 14:50 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
try the drive on another ide port if drive is ide. is the drive by itself on cable?
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tru003
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_ 		11. December 2006 @ 15:16 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I had already try that and it gave me a disk boot failure. The drive is not booting up period even when I swap out the cables.
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tru003
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_ 		12. December 2006 @ 17:01 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Any suggestions?
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ddp
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_ 		12. December 2006 @ 17:22 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
what is the jumper setting on the drive because when as a single drive, remove the jumper? only wd has this problem not other hd's.
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tru003
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_ 		12. December 2006 @ 17:36 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I have one as a master primary and the other as the master slave. I have the jumpers set according to what Wd provided. Everything has been working fine for the past 10 months. It's just all of the sudden I received that message when the system was booting. Now the master slave is not found on my computer.
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