I bought a hard-drive model WD10EARS 1 TB, 64 MB cache a couple months ago. Recently (about 2 weeks) after a time the hard-drive disappears and I must shut down and restart the system to see it again. I am running a Windows 7 64 system, the OS is installed on another WD hard-drive, no problems there. I must also say that recently I did not installed any new hardware. Software I installed recently only Starcraft 2
Anyone any idea what’s going on? And how can this be corrected?
Does installing a jumper across pins 5-6 resolve the detection issue? This jumper setting will force the drive to work at SATA 1 speeds. If not then does the hard drive have the same problems if you try it in another computer? Have you tried changing the drive’s SATA port and data/power cables? Also, have you run diagnostic tests on your hard drive?
