SSD Hard drive temporarily disappeared in Windows 7


  1. jamesldavis
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    SSD Hard drive temporarily disappeared in Windows 7


    During a Windows session my backup SSD Hard drive temporarily disappeared (not visible in explorer nor accessible) but reappeared after shutting down computer and restarting. Checkdisk shows no problems. Drive is 3 years old. This never happened before. Does it suggest the drive is about to fail or just something that is OK to live with.
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  3. johnhoh
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    Win7 pro x64
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    assuming its on a sata cable then yes, this symptom can mean its failing. If for some reason its usb, it can be a bad connection caused by a usb cable or a bad usb port
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