Hdd disapears

[qreaigh]

I have a seagate hdd that is recognized by the system on boot up but when it comes out of hibernation the hdd isn't recognized. I'm running win7 home prem. 64bit

 

[whs]

Where do you not see it - in Computer and/or Disk Management ??

 

[qreaigh]

Where do you not see it - in Computer and/or Disk Management ??

That's right I can't see it in either place.

 

[whs]

Is that an internal or an external disk. And if it is external, is it USB powered or does it have it's own power. I am asking because one possibility is that the power got cut off.

 

[GeneO]

I am experiencing the same thing myself. Here is a definitive thread on the issue for large hard drives using the windows AHCI driver. I will try the hotfix probably tonight.

[Solved] Windows 7: Hard Drives Disappear after Sleep Resume - general-discussion - windows-7

- Gene

 

[GeneO]

The hotfix appears to have fixed my issue.
Gene

 

[qreaigh]

Is that an internal or an external disk. And if it is external, is it USB powered or does it have it's own power. I am asking because one possibility is that the power got cut off.

Internal 120g IDE drive

 

[qreaigh]

Is that an internal or an external disk. And if it is external, is it USB powered or does it have it's own power. I am asking because one possibility is that the power got cut off.

Internal 120g IDE drive

Still having the same issue with my hdd is there anyone out there who can help

 

[GeneO]

Sorry the hot-fix didn't apply to your case, I think. It still sounds like a similar issue though - the hard drive is not spinning up out of hibernation quickly enough so the system is dropping it. I would suggest you look at the spin-up time reported by SMART, but since it is IDE, that won;t work.

Have you looked in the system log for ATAPI or other associated errors?

Gene

 

[qreaigh]

Sorry the hot-fix didn't apply to your case, I think. It still sounds like a similar issue though - the hard drive is not spinning up out of hibernation quickly enough so the system is dropping it. I would suggest you look at the spin-up time reported by SMART, but since it is IDE, that won;t work.

Have you looked in the system log for ATAPI or other associated errors?

Gene

I haven't looked where do I find that info

 

[1Bowtie]

Why are you useing hibernate on a desktop, it was made for laptops to save power. Most people use sleep mode which can be set in power options to turn off your monitor and hdd's on any schedule you want. There are way fewer prob's useing sleep

 

[GeneO]

Right click my computer -> manage
Select event viewer -> Windows Logs -> System

On the right hand side select "filter current log"
Check Event level: critical, warning and error and press OK


- Gene

 

[qreaigh]

Why are you useing hibernate on a desktop, it was made for laptops to save power. Most people use sleep mode which can be set in power options to turn off your monitor and hdd's on any schedule you want. There are way fewer prob's useing sleep

actually it is using sleep

 

[1Bowtie]

I have a seagate hdd that is recognized by the system on boot up but when it comes out of hibernation the hdd isn't recognized. I'm running win7 home prem. 64bit

The reason i said something about hibernation is from your first post, there is a difference you know:huh:

 

[GeneO]

Why are you useing hibernate on a desktop, it was made for laptops to save power. Most people use sleep mode which can be set in power options to turn off your monitor and hdd's on any schedule you want. There are way fewer prob's useing sleep

actually it is using sleep

I assumed that is what you meant

 

[qreaigh]

Right click my computer -> manage
Select event viewer -> Windows Logs -> System

On the right hand side select "filter current log"
Check Event level: critical, warning and error and press OK


- Gene

what am I suppose to see that would help with the problem?

 

[qreaigh]

My HDD isn't recognized by win7 after it comes out of sleep. Is there anyone who has any idea why this is happening. its an IDE HDD