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    Hard Drive Disappears.

    Discussion in 'Alienware 18 and M18x' started by Bholden870, Nov 13, 2012.

  1. Bholden870

    Bholden870 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have started havin this problem with my alienware & Steam. Most of my games installed on my laptop are to a second harddrive. I have about 60 games loaded threw the steam app on this drive. Lately I have had a few games crash which in itself is no big deal but when they do windows can no longer see that second drive. I have to reboot in order for the drive to come back up. Any ideas as to whats happening?
     
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    sponge_gto Notebook Deity

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    How many times has it happened? Is it repeatable? Have you checked for loose cables and connectors?
     
    sponge_gto, Nov 13, 2012
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    No I haven't opened it up and checked the cables but I have found out threw other spots on this forum that the hard drive is going bad. I am trying now to backup my data & games that I can so I do not have to download everything again. I did download SeaTools and test it and it confirms that its bad. Will get another one ordered from dell tomorrow.
     
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    Sorry to hear that. An M18x couldn't be much more than a year old and HDD's are already going bad.. No warranty left on that?
     
    sponge_gto, Nov 13, 2012
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    no warranty is still good they sending me another one out will be here friday.
     
    Bholden870, Nov 14, 2012
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    Please let us know how it goes. Hopefully it's just a bad drive.
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, Nov 14, 2012
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