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I'm have a raptor 10K 300gb drive.

I built my system, and I can't seem to hear the drive at all! I'm trying to install windows7, but it complains about some cdrom driver in the beginning of the install.

Anyhow, I want to make sure it is not my hard drive that is the problem, because frankly I can't hear it at ALL and that makes me nervious hehe.

Is there a way for me to test the drive, to see if it is working/connected properly?

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If it asks you for drivers at the beginning of the installation, that usually means it was a bad burn. Try burning the ISO again at a lower speed.

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no my cd is working fine. – user3183 Aug 11 '09 at 5:08
No, I meant the actual CD, not the CD-ROM. Usually if it asks you for drivers at the beginning of the installation, it means you got a bad CD. Try burning it at a slower speed, that did it for me. – Sasha Chedygov Aug 11 '09 at 5:12
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After you have done basic tests with your BIOS bootup,

  1. Pickup a Ubuntu LiveCD and boot from it -- this will check your CD-ROM and system bootup
  2. Install Ubuntu on a USB drive (something like a 2-4 GB flash drive would do)
    • boot from the USB drive
      • this will work if your system can boot from USB (most recent motherboards can)
    • you can check your harddisk from Ubuntu

If you know your system boots from USB, you could just build Ubuntu boot USB on some other machine and directly check the HDD after confirming a successful boot.

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Or you can just start installing Ubuntu, and try to format the HDD. If that will work, then it's OK. ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download – Slink84 Aug 11 '09 at 5:24
@Slink84, that is one more way to go. – nik Aug 11 '09 at 5:31
You can use any live cd distribution. On Ubuntu you can even install packages while in live mode if you have enough RAM and an internet connection. – bandi Aug 11 '09 at 6:04
A Live CD seems the obvious choice. In fact, I have a copy of Ubuntu on hand for a whole host of diagnostic uses. – CJM Oct 9 '09 at 20:52
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You can check if it is detected in BIOS. Usually, if it's there, then it's working. Just press delete several times while your PC boots up to go to the BIOS screen. It depends on the version, but your drive list should be somewhere in the "Standard CMOS Features" or something alike (usually, the first option in the list).

And as far as I know, raptors are quite silent. So it should be OK :]

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