Hard Drive Dissapearing

g13marcos · 14 Dec 2012 at 00:41

Hello guys
I have recently build up my new gaming PC and i am having troubles with my Hard Drive. I have a Samsung ssd 128 gb for the OS and I also bought the Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) to install the games on it. Problem is the Seagate HD disappears every now and then and after a couple of restarts it appears again. When it disappears it disappears from the disk management tab as well. Is it something common or should i call OCUK to ask them for a replacement?

randal · 14 Dec 2012 at 00:43

What board/chipset you running it on?

Leigno · 14 Dec 2012 at 00:47

I presume you have formatted the drive through Admin Tools > Device Management > Disk Management?

g13marcos · 14 Dec 2012 at 00:53

randal24 said:
What board/chipset you running it on?

Theres my whole build:
Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail
Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
Seasonic M12II 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply
Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Desktop Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC128D/EU)
Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001)
Phanteks PH-TC14PE CPU Cooler - Blue (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2)
BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 Gaming Case - Black
Kingston HyperX Blu 8GB (1x8GB) 1600MHz PC3-12800C10 Single Channel Module (KHX1600C10D3B1/8G)
Scythe Gentle Typhoon 120mm 1150 RPM - 3 Pin

I have restarted it now and i get this

It is the first time i get this btw

g13marcos · 14 Dec 2012 at 00:55

Leigno said:
I presume you have formatted the drive through Admin Tools > Device Management > Disk Management?

When i first botted my system and went on to disk management it asked me what i wanted that disk to be in order to enable it. I remember clcicking the second option (not the master one) and i think i set it out as NTFS. After that it formatted the disk and worked fine for the first day. Then it started doing this

g13marcos · 14 Dec 2012 at 00:56

Plus when i double click on the disk in My computer i get an error "E:/ is not accesible. The semaphore period has expired"

bledd · 15 Dec 2012 at 00:32

Look in Event Viewer for hard drive (disk) errors

randal · 15 Dec 2012 at 10:52

Yeah it sounds like that drive is playing up. Try swapping out SATA and power cables just to be 100% sure. Change SATA ports on the board too.

Also, are you running Intel's chipset/controller/RST drivers for the Z77?

You could also try downloading HDTune and running the sector scanner to see if that turns anything up.

shuzzbutt · 15 Dec 2012 at 11:41

i once had a similar issue and it turned out to be a dodgy psu.

Jinxter · 15 Dec 2012 at 12:25

g13marcos said:
Hello guys
I have recently build up my new gaming PC and i am having troubles with my Hard Drive. I have a Samsung ssd 128 gb for the OS and I also bought the Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) to install the games on it. Problem is the Seagate HD disappears every now and then and after a couple of restarts it appears again. When it disappears it disappears from the disk management tab as well. Is it something common or should i call OCUK to ask them for a replacement?

Could be faulty HD, faulty SATA cable, or problem with the SATA port perhaps. I would try different SATA port on the mobo, if the same try a different SATA cable otherwise probably your HD...