WDC SATA Harddrive

[Seekermeister]

I think that I already know that the harddrive is defective, but I would like to verify that here. I installed a new WDC to replace a Maxtor SATA that is having SMART problems in my raid 1array. But regardless of which Maxtor that I paired it with, it would cause the array to simply disappear, with no option to rebuild or ability to boot. Right now, I'm back to my original Maxtor pair. I never touched the raid array options, or the SATArom in the bios. The cables were properly connected, and since SATAs don't use jumpers, I never bothered with that either. Am I correct that the drive is bad, or is there something else that I should check or do?

 

[Geiser34]

Scan it with HD tune to check if it is bad.

 

[Seekermeister]

Thanks, but since I can't bootup with it installed, I couldn't run any diagnostics, unless there is one that I could boot up to with the floppy or CD/DVD drives.

 

[AsianriceX]

WD DOS based Diagnostics

http://support.wdc.com/download/index.asp?cxml=n&pid=15&swid=30

 

[Seekermeister]

Thanks. I should have looked there first, but things have had my head spinning too much to think clearly.

 

[Auric]

Originally posted by: Seekermeister
Thanks. I should have looked there first, but things have had my head spinning too much to think clearly.

Seems you need to run diagnostics on your noggin too 😉

 

[Seekermeister]

Originally posted by: Auric

Originally posted by: Seekermeister
Thanks. I should have looked there first, but things have had my head spinning too much to think clearly.

Seems you need to run diagnostics on your noggin too 😉

It seems that you are lost, this is not the P&N, so leave your flamebaits there.