Can I use my computer’s hard drive for my CCTV system?
You can…But it's not a good idea.Desktop HDDs aren't rated for 24/7x365 operation and will likely fail a lot quicker than a dedicated server, NAS, or surveillance rated drive.Personal experience with this over 20+ years shows a life of 2 years or less for desktop drives and 5+ years for the “better suited" types.General advice is to use surveillance drives where 2 or less disks are in there and NAS/server ones in higher density situations as these are built to withstand more vibration.Lastly: an SSD (At least the non-enterprise variety) is probably the worst for this application due to constant rewrites.
Why does my computer say the hard drive is missing?
All hard drives have some code on them that is put there by the manufacturer. Think of that code functioning like a name badge. During the boot-up procedure the BIOS (Basic In Out System) checks out the entire computer to see what all is attached and whether or not “drivers” are available for all the things that are attached. At some point during the process the BIOS sends out a call for all the attached hard drives to “report” themselves. In the case that you are asking about the hard drive either 1) never gets the request (because the hard drive's receiving circuits have failed) or 2) the hard drive got the request but cannot comply because either it's response circuits have failed or the identifying (name badge) data that was recorded on the hard drive has been deleted or otherwise corrupted. So… the BIOS never gets a reply to its inquiry. When the BIOS doesn't get a reply, it duityfully reports that the hard drive is missing. Yes, the hard drive is still right where it has always been, but if it isn't able to “report” itself…it is “dead” and of no use to the rest of the computer. Once a hard drive fails to report itself it has failed in such a way as to be useless. Any data that might be on it can only be recovered by special techniques that usually cost over $1,000! There is a free utility called “Crystal Disk Info” (Google it) that you can download and install on your computer. When you “run” the utility it will exam in your hard drive(s) and tell you how many total hours of use they have had and whether or not the drive is beginning to fail. Most hard drives give a little warning before they die. Hard drives are usually expected to last for 30,000 to 45,000 hours. You need to replace them BEFORE they die so you can transfer all the stuff that's on them to a new drive. Remember… once the drive fails to report itself… your stuff on it is GONE!
An internal hard drive is not detected by BIOS. I tried connecting to another computer, and Windows Explorer is not responding. What do I do?
This is what people pay experts for.If your Windows OS is corrupted or unbootable but the hard drive itself is functional, your data may still be recoverable. Even if the hard drive is not responding while inside your machine, a real pro can take it out and access it in other ways, that *MAY* allow data to be recovered.A real pro can also tell you if your hard drive is truly “crashed”, meaning one of several hardware malfunctions which can make the drive completely unresponsive. In that case the data is gone - unless you are willing to pay a recovery lab fairly serious $$. There is a reputable local one in Vegas that charges roughly $500 - $600.But NO ONE can recover much if the disk has truly crashed - in the way that geeks mean when they use that term. The worst kind of crash is when the surface of the disks has been stripped by rubbing against something (usually the reader arm) which “crashes” into it - while it’s spinning at 5400 or 7200 or 10k rpm.Data that was on this surface - is gone forever.So you hire a pro to: Recover data (if possible), replace hard drive and/or upgrade machine as indicated, download and reinstall the desired version of Windows, assist with re-installing and configuring programs and peripherals. Restore data.I do exactly this job for clients, maybe 15–20 times a year. Typical total cost for my work is maybe $100 to $300, depending on several variables.Thousands of other techs also do this job - frequently.
My computer recognizes my external hard drive, but won't read it. What can I do?
Try reading the Drive on a Different Computer. If you are still not able to access your Data...Download the Free Trial versions of:1. Easus Data Recovery Professional or2. Stellar Phoenix Data Recovery Professional.Both are Very Good Data Recovery Software.If you are able to recover your Data using the Trial Version(s), you may buy the Easus/Stellar Licence. Both are reasonably priced. Note:1. Recovery of Data from a large capacity Drive can take a lot of time (days). You will be required to power on your system and drive for many hours non-stop. So, you will need a reliable system and sufficient power backup.2. If you are using the Raw Recovery mode, to save your data in parts, breakup your recovery procedure in parts by specifying the Start and End Sectors.3. Do Not Save your Recovered Data on the same Drive from which you are recovering it.4. Do Not Add New Data or Defragment the Drive from which you are recovering the Data.You may also consider Ontrack Easy Recovery Professional for recovering your Data. It is an Excellent Software but is available on Annual Subscription basis.
I have a IDE and SATA hard drive. But IDE1 master not detected? help?
Because of a conflict There should be no problem in connecting a SATA and IDE drive, although it would be best to install the SATA as the main drive. I am currently running a Maxtor 200GB SATA drive as the master and a Maxtor 120GB IDE drive as the slave. You must be sure to set the jumpers to master and slave, this should be identified by the diagram on the drive. I am using the appropriate cables for each drive. You will have to ensure your motherboard can accommodate and additional IDE drive, same as the CD/DVD Rom. I hope this helps.
How do I fix this computer boot problem " Drive 2 not found"?
I am assuming from the error that your computer has an IDE DVD drive, rather than a SATA drive. Each IDE cable is able to control two devices. One is considered to be the "master" device and the other is the "slave". Then you replaced the DVD drive, you may have changed the "master" and "slave" setting for the device (meaning the jumper on the old drive was set tp "master" and the new one is set to "slave" - or vice versa). Results is that the computer's BIOS is expecting a second device to be on the IDE cable, and there isn't one, so it give you that error. Normally you can go into the computer BIOS Set Up. There will normally be something on the very first boot up screen that dell you to press a certain key (such F2 for a Dell) or key combination to get into the computer's BIOS set up. Once in there you will need to look around fro where it list the different devices and drives it has detected. You will probably find the second device on one of the IDE controllors is turned "on", but it is not detecting anything on that device. You will simply need to turn that controllor "off". That should get rid of the problem. Sorry that I can not "step by step", but not knowing the make, model and BIOS, I have no way of doing it. Each one is different.
Why does my computer slow down so much when I plug in a second hard drive?
Windows volume shadow copy can cause performance issues with some drives. Try disabling backup for the drive and deleting any previous versions and see if that helps. Also:1. Take a look at the boot up order in your BIOS settings to ensure the new drive doesn't take a higher priority.2. Change partitions on the drive to logical instead of primary.3. Look at windows performance settings to ensure your page file isn't being created on the new drive. 4. Check drive health for the new drive using Crystaldiskinfo to ensure that your system isn't spending too much time correcting errors.
Hard drive is not detected on boot up?
I recently built my own computer for the first time. The motherboard is an Asus Sabertooth P67 (rev III). the hard drive I chose was a seagate barracuda 7200.12 (SATA 6Gb/s). The computer only occasionally detects the hard drive. It's really luck of the draw whether it can find it or not. I can plug the HDD into my other computer as an external hard drive using an enclosure I had lying about and I can partition it, format it, and use it. I can't figure out what the problem is. Please help.
The HDD is detected in the BIOS, but not in the devices and drives. How can I fix this?
Go to Control Panel Click System and Security Scroll down and Click Administrative Tools Double Click Computer Management Under Storage Click Disk Management Look for your drive. It will be listed there as unallocated space. Right click on the drive and set the new partition and then format it and give it a drive letter