Okay, my 750 gig hard drive has been disappearing on me here and there. I've checked the Bios and it's gone, but It'll probably reappear later. Since the Bios doesn't even recognize there's a drive there at the moment, I thinking something is physically failing. The hard drive works terrific when the computer recognizes it's there. I don't have another computer to put it in to check the drive itself.
I've also been getting strange messages from my Linux when I boot saying root directory not found or something and it won't boot. Then I type 'exit' into the prompt and it boots right up.
It's a Dell 531 Inspiron with a dual core AMD 2.0 Ghz processor, if that's any help. Of course, I'm running Kubuntu on it.
It is a seagate barracuda, I believe.
Something tells me it's got to do with the motherboard. I'm going to grab another sata cable and clean the connections this weekend and see if that solves the problem. If that don't work, I guess I'll just save up for an Intel i7 DDR3 upgrade since I'm planning on doing that sooner or later anyways.
I've also been getting strange messages from my Linux when I boot saying root directory not found or something and it won't boot. Then I type 'exit' into the prompt and it boots right up.
It's a Dell 531 Inspiron with a dual core AMD 2.0 Ghz processor, if that's any help. Of course, I'm running Kubuntu on it.
It is a seagate barracuda, I believe.
Something tells me it's got to do with the motherboard. I'm going to grab another sata cable and clean the connections this weekend and see if that solves the problem. If that don't work, I guess I'll just save up for an Intel i7 DDR3 upgrade since I'm planning on doing that sooner or later anyways.
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