dying HDD?

[weihk]

ello guys/gals

got a bit of a weird problem at the moment

what are the chance of my HDD is dying from the following 'effects'

reboots - it may or may not show my raptor during POST

reboots - Missing NTLDR(i think thats what its called....)

reboots - BIOS, may or may not show my raptor

i have no idea when it started, because the PC is always on, 24/7, i just found it out a few days ago when i installed a new printer and after a reboot it kept saying NTLDR missing.....

however! i do have another HDD in the same system, but it shows up everytime i check in BIOS or POST.

HDD dying yes?

[tried different SATA cables, Power cables, Sata Sockets]

thanks

[FragTek]

Are you clocked up? If you're starting to have cpu/memory degredation from too much volts for too long you may have to kick it down a notch. All of those symptoms listed could be caused by an unstable overclock.

It would appear that your hard drive is definitely ready to kick the bucket. Have you run a SMART scan on it to see what the drives integrity looks like?

[weihk]

Originally Posted by name='FragTek'

Are you clocked up? If you're starting to have cpu/memory degredation from too much volts for too long you may have to kick it down a notch. All of those symptoms listed could be caused by an unstable overclock.

It would appear that your hard drive is definitely ready to kick the bucket. Have you run a SMART scan on it to see what the drives integrity looks like?

thats the problem.....!

its in stock form....it WAS running with a high clock, but not the same HDD.

i would understand the clock eatting bits and bobs away, but all these was using stock clock and volts plus a new HDD....well i say new, its from a old system....

i've now managed to get it down to...........

[first boot = no 1st HDD but 2nd HDD shows]

[second boot = 1st and 2nd HDD shows]

[third boot = no 1st HDD but 2nd HDD shows]

so every boot up i do, it goes missing, then comes back on the next.

weird eh?

[Ham]

There's a wealth of info on this on google mate. I had it a few times on my P5N-E, tried a few fixes till one worked.

Mine was caused by duff ram though.

[ronaldrover]

Humm by the way, NTLDR is, if not mistaken one of the first files in order to load up windows, without it u cant boot completly.