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I purchased a new seagate 1tb barracuda 7200.12 hard drive 1 month ago and i had installed it successfully , i am using that drive from last 1 month and i had no problems with that. but yesterday when i turned off my pc and started again after few hours the drive isn't there in Disk Management and isn't there even in the bios. what should i do now , should i try jumper settings ?

i want to make sure that this drive is dead before sending it to seagete for replacement.

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It sounds like the drive just died. Often when hardware is working then simply stops, and you have not really changed anything, it is simply a hardware failure.

You have virtually confirmed this by the fact that you no longer see it in the BIOS. You could try it in another system, but I think the chances are slim to none that it will work.

I would start the warranty process with the manufacturer.

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my hard drive is making this sound.... youtu.be/uw12IvMcB7o – Mohammad Adil Jul 18 '11 at 20:46
@Mohammad Adil That clearly really bad. Based on the size, and knowing what they usually have for a warranty (here in the U.S. at least), at least you should be covered, but clearly, you are not going to fix that drive. Thank you for marking the answer. I appreciate it. – KCotreau Jul 18 '11 at 23:13
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Did it appear in BIOS before?

Did you check Device Manager just to be sure?

The large drives seem to have a high failure rate. The Seagates seem to be among the more common failures. I would suspect, if nothing else on your system changed, that the drive failed.

But to make sure that Windows is not involved, you could boot to a different operating system to see if it sees anything there. Parted Magic is a good one because it has a lot of tools that you might want later. Ubuntu is also fine. If you have lower bandwidth, you may want something smaller.

There are no jumpers to change except speed, and if it worked before, that should not be the problem now.

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yes, the drive did appear in BIOS before. – Mohammad Adil Jul 18 '11 at 9:08
and i have tried this drive in another pc , but it isn't detected in that pc – Mohammad Adil Jul 18 '11 at 9:09
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