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Yesterday I was happily using my computer when I decided to turn it off. Today I started to get a problem when I started it.

I tried to start one of the apps I have installed there (my SSD has only 16GB free) and it said there was no directory. I went to check and the D disk wasn't there. So I decided to restart my computer and see what happened.

It did recognize it, but the major problem is that it is using the 100% of the disk all the time. I restarted my computer and stop working again. Right now is the 4th time that I have restarted my PC and it found it again.

My Setup:

  • CPU: Fx-9590 4.7 - 5 GHz
  • RAM: 16GB Kingston Fury
  • SSD: Samsung EVO 850 120GB
  • HDD: WD Caviar Blue 1TB
  • mobo: Gigabyte Ga-990fx-gaming
  • Cooling: H80i Corsair

Edit: I already tried changing the SATA and power cables. The most important part here this only happens in Windows 10, I tried using Hirens boot CD and the results from the hard drive were fine, I tried on Ubuntu and it is the same. It seems Windows 10 has something to do with this. I tried reinstalling windows and nothing changed, the only thing installed in this new version of Windows were drivers and nothing else.

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karel
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martor
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Have you tried switching or replacing the HDD cables? If not, you may want to try on both the power cable and data cable.

Monitor if the issue will still reoccur. If it does, check your HDD's mechanical functionality. Power on your computer, listen to the HDD while running if there will be clank noise. This time, if there is a clank it could be a hardware issue and you would consider replacing the HDD.

falconaire
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It's important to check if the drive is recognized in BIOS.

In case it is, then make a backup of your most important data stored on it, if you haven't done so already and after that done run a diagnostic test on the HDD with the manufacturer tool Data Lifeguard Diagnostics and see if any errors or bad sectors will be find by the software:

http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=SivDPr

Once the test is complete feel free to upload some screenshots so I can take a look.

If it doesn't appear in BIOS though, then you can try what was suggested by @falconaire - different SATA and power SATA cables, different ports of the motherboard and if none of these work out to plug the hard disk in another PC.

Let me know how it went. :)

Mighty_Miro_WD
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