Hard Drive Not Recognized

[TurcoLoco]

Originally Posted by clevergirl67

Ah yes I usually report those. But it had more than 1 post

Oh yeah, this guy is not a 1-hit wonder like the other one that revived a 14 yo thread.
That said, he is not very active either but replying to a 6 month old thread with a relevant post is OK as far as I am concerned.
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[DataWizard0103]

Originally Posted by Truth11

Not sure if it was a power glitch(we have a surge protector I believe) but yesterday the desktop showed message hard drive doesn't exist. It's a Dell Vostro I got a couple years ago from an office setting,so it may not be the most up to date thing...but for our small needs it was fine. However it may have just aged out. Is this repairable or even recoverable and transferable to a new unit?...

Hi There,

You need to ensure that all cables connecting the hard drive to the motherboard are securely attached. If the hard drive is still malfunctioning, it may still be possible to retrieve your data by connecting the drive to another computer as a secondary drive or using external hard drive enclosures. After that, you can use professional data recovery software available to recover the lost data.