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.