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Strange HDD issue
In all my years of building and supporting PCs, I have never encountered this before. In the system listed in System Specs, I was trying to open some media files on my D drive, which is the WD 750 Caviar Black. A few of them hung up for a little while and then gave me a Windows Media Player error about server execution failing. After about the 5th one, my Explorer window closed, which was displaying the root of D. I noticed D was missing in Explorer completely, and also from Device Manager. Damn, I thought.
I rebooted, and my BIOS hung on the AHCI detection screen, and didn't find the drive. I powered off the system, checked the cables, and powered back up. The drive was detected, and was visible in Explorer as well. I downloaded and ran the WD Data Lifeguard tools, and my drive passed the quick and extended tests. I've rebooted several times, and the drive seems fine.
Has anyone ever encountered something like this?