did diskeeper destroy one of my hard drives? please help

[bigpimpatl]

so I downloaded Diskeeper to defrag my hard drives. One is a WD raptor 36gb (this has XP and ubuntu/main apps etc) and other a maxtor 120gb one (data). I was wary of setting it to "automatically defrag" in the background. So i first did a regular defrag, then turned that option on. So then I'm away from my computer for about an hour, eat, watch espn etc. Then lo and behold my computer has restarted and it shows NTLDR is missing. No biggie, a couple files got removed (but this is a serious flaw IMO with windows XP). But then when i try to locate the drive in the BIOS for example, it doesn't show up (the raptor). I put in a windows xp CD, maybe it will show up as a hard drive to install. nothing. Then I have an ubuntu live cd, I try that to see if I can install/partition space and the drive still doesn't show up. Only the maxtor drive shows up.

As of right now i'm installing ubuntu on my other drive. Did the raptor suddenly die on me? Has this happened to anyone else? what should I do, i'm a little shocked I guess that a disk defrag could totally screw up a drive.

Here's my setup btw:
athlon fx-55
MSI K8N Neo2
1 GB (2x512) Kingston DDR400
NVIDIA 6800GT
dual boot with XP/Ubuntu

any help is appreciated. thanks guys.

 

[sonoma1993]

Originally posted by: bigpimpatl
so I downloaded Diskeeper to defrag my hard drives. One is a WD raptor 36gb (this has XP and ubuntu/main apps etc) and other a maxtor 120gb one (data). I was wary of setting it to "automatically defrag" in the background. So i first did a regular defrag, then turned that option on. So then I'm away from my computer for about an hour, eat, watch espn etc. Then lo and behold my computer has restarted and it shows NTLDR is missing. No biggie, a couple files got removed (but this is a serious flaw IMO with windows XP). But then when i try to locate the drive in the BIOS for example, it doesn't show up (the raptor). I put in a windows xp CD, maybe it will show up as a hard drive to install. nothing. Then I have an ubuntu live cd, I try that to see if I can install/partition space and the drive still doesn't show up. Only the maxtor drive shows up.

As of right now i'm installing ubuntu on my other drive. Did the raptor suddenly die on me? Has this happened to anyone else? what should I do, i'm a little shocked I guess that a disk defrag could totally screw up a drive.

Here's my setup btw:
athlon fx-55
MSI K8N Neo2
1 GB (2x512) Kingston DDR400
NVIDIA 6800GT
dual boot with XP/Ubuntu

any help is appreciated. thanks guys.

it possible the the sata cable for the raptor drive went bad, also double check the connections.

 

[bigpimpatl]

just an update, i tried switching SATA ports, tightening wires etc. I didn't replace the wire. I already made an RMA request with WD (thank god for 5 year warranties). I'll update if i find something new. It was making some screeching sounds occasionally.

 

[sonoma1993]

Originally posted by: bigpimpatl
just an update, i tried switching SATA ports, tightening wires etc. I didn't replace the wire. I already made an RMA request with WD (thank god for 5 year warranties). I'll update if i find something new. It was making some screeching sounds occasionally.

if it making noise, iit a bad drive then