If the drive successfully passes the diagnostics (but the Windows repair/recovery failed), then the drive itself is most probably safe to continue using. You should therefore, attempt to erase the drive and reinstall the operating system. Extended Capacity ManagerDe software installeert een apparaatstuurprogramma om de volledige capaciteit te kunnen benutten op verouderde BIOS-systemen.

Als uw systeem het Intel RST-stuurprogramma gebruikt, kan het lijken alsof uw schijf van 3 TB slechts 800 GB groot is. Zie ons ondersteuningsartikel over het Intel RST-stuurprogramma. Windows Vista en nieuwerNative ondersteuning voor niet-opstartschijven van 3 TB vindt plaats met GPT-partities, wat beschikbaar is op alle systemen. Keuze uit een enorme opslagcapaciteit van 500 GB tot 2 TB. Profiteer van de hoogste capaciteit in de dunste 2,5-inch harde schijf in een slanke vormfactor die systeemupgrades eenvoudig maakt.Connect to an External Enclosure (Please verify if the enclosure is compatible with the hard drive). The simplest way to reinstall the operating system (and probably erase the data, though that does not happen every time) is to insert the Windows CD/DVD in the CD/DVD drive and then reboot the computer. The option to repair Windows should appear as well as an option to reinstall Windows. Since the repair has failed, simply choose to reinstall Windows. Before the drive can display in (My) Computer/This (PC) or Windows/File Explorer, it must be formatted in Windows. Please see the following articles for instructions: If the drive is detected there and the colored bar to the right is still dark blue (see figure), follow the steps to Reset the Drive Letter .

For Barracuda 7200.11 drives and older, as well as certain Barracuda 7200.12 models) You can place a jumper on the drive to slow it down to 1.5 Gbits/sec, so older motherboards can support it. If the drive is detected properly, add the disconnected devices one by one until you find the one that is causing the problem. This set of troubleshooting steps will attempt to get the drive detected again, or to conclude whether the drive has failed and should be replaced. ST2000DM008 model, 18 months and it is dead.. stopped responding under system, wasn't even used heavy.. simple fkin storage for some random data.Switch power cables with a device like a CDROM or DVDROM drive so that you are using a known-good power cable. Het opstartproces is vertraagd op een computer waarin een grote harde schijf is geïnstalleerd en waarop Windows 7 of Windows Server 2008 R2 draait Confirm you are using the current SATA driver from the manufacturer of your SATA motherboard/controller.

Disconnect all external storage devices such as USB, Firewire, and eSATA drives, jump/thumb/flash drives, cameras, and printers before proceeding with a Windows repair or recovery. Failure to disconnect such devices could result in serious data corruption. If a Serial ATA drive, installed as additional storage in your computer, was previously detected but is no longer detected, this set of troubleshooting steps will attempt to get the drive detected again, or to conclude whether the drive has failed and should be replaced.Once you connect a new Serial ATA drive in your computer as additional storage, there remains more to do to get your drive working.