20 Most Recent Western Digital Caviar WD1600 (1600YD) 160 GB Hard Drive - Page 2 Questions & Answers

It appears to be a Sata drive.
See if you can see it in the Bios setup screen.

The most common way to enter setup is to press DEL after turning the power on.
Watch the screen, other instructions may be given.

If it is found in Bios
It has no partition created on it.
It does not have a bootable partition.
In this case windows setup should identify it and start installatio.

If it is not found in bios
It has no data connection, make sure it is properly connected.
It has no power. Again, check the connection, Check that both 5V and 12v are presemt
It is faulty.

yes u can go higher with GB you just have to be sure that the rpm's match youll see on the label it will tell you either 5400.3 or 5400.6 or 7200rpm. be sure also the dimensions are the same if you have a 2.5" get a 2.5" a 3.5" won't fit

Test your PSU or replace it if your power supply units fan is not working your PSU is faulty

One bad lead can cause a computer to continue on a cycle or to shutdown or fail to detect/ boot up

Test all leads that attach to your hard drive including electrical extensions,IDE,SATA

the leads from your ((motherboard to your hard drive)) make sure they have a secure connection and are not faulty or just replace them there probably old and faulty make sure all leads that are attached to your drives dvd\cd 3 1/2 inch floppy have secure connections and are not faulty even the electrical extensions or just replace them they are probably old and faulty a computer needs its connections to have an end so any faulty leads will end up with a computer error hope this helps

hello,
You need to install the hdd in another PC.If the hdd runs well,think your OS has been damaged,So you do following steep,
It may be the operating system has not recognized all the ports, if your operating system is now ok, go to my computer>properties>hardware>device manager, and look to bottom of the list to USB hub Controllers,and right click on them,and Uninstall all usb hub controllers and restart pc,Now you can see if all the ports are recognised and installed automatically.If the problem is same do next step.
insert a XP Boot CD in the CD tray,and press win key+R >type sfc /scan now and hit

Hope this helps.

Could you please clarify with more details? What exactly do you mean by "Control Panel"?, it's confusing since Hard Disk are never show up on the Control Panel of a Windows computer. Thanks.

It means that you've got a bad hard drive.

you have to go to set up first

the clicking noise is the reader arm jumping across platters on your hard drive you have a dirty hard drive first clean all the dust from your computer specifically from around your hard drive using a high powered suction vacuum cleaner or a fine air blower from a air compressor making sure there is no MOISTURE in the air lines then give the hard drive a firm tap on the side to free it up replace all the leads that attach to your hard drive including electrical extensions + IDE,SATA and the ones that attach from your motherboard to hard drive also you might test your PSU power supply unit if this is faulty can cause lots of problems hope this helps

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Any SATA drive dock will work the wd1000. Here is a bunch of them you can look at and decide for yourself which one suits your price and personal needs.
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Thank you,
Lee

you must chose cs , is the best way to make it work !

There is a small grid of pins near the "data" and "power" connectors on the end of the disk-drive. Look closely; those pins should be labelled:
* MA(ster)
* SL(ave)
* C(able)S(elect)

Move the small jumper to the 'SL' position.
Connect the power and the data cables.

You should set it as master.

The ticking is the reading head trying to read the data. Since it fails that means that the hard disk has died. This is unfixable and all the data on it is lost. Just take it out and replace it.

Have you tried setting the jumpers on the new drive to CS (cable select) If you use that setting, the position of the drive on the cable determines whether it is master or slave. For example, the plug at theend of the IDE cable is the master and the plug in the middle of the cable would be slave. Just a suggestion. If you are using SATA, this does not apply.

May be but check your HDD power connection port pins. If there is an loose conn. you shouldn't afraid of it.
Think this is helpful !

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Does the HD spin up? Take care not to confuse with the other noises in the case. The best way is to unscrew the HD from the case and hold it with your hand for a while in order to feel the spin up. If the HD does not spin up, sorry to said, don't waste your time with this particular disk. If you have valuable data, ask for hard disk recovery service at your area.

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Retrieving data from a failed harddrive can be very difficult and often expensive. If the failure is a result of an overheating motor, one way that I've been able to do it is by putting the harddrive in a sealed plastic bag and putting it in the freezer for 1 hour. Immediately place it in your computer and fire it up. If it works, recover your datat quickly has it will fail again as soon as the motor overheats.

That being said, if this data is absolutely critical, do NOTHING to try and recover it and send it in for professional data retrieval. I say this as any recovery efforts on your own may possibly damage your harddrive further.

I have used Seagate's data recovery service (all makes and models accepted), but be ready to spend quite a bit ($800+). That isn't much if the data is critical.

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Unplug your computer.
On the end of the disk-drive, there is three-by-two grid of gold pins, labelled MA(ster), SL(ave), and C(able)S(elect). Move the jumper to the 'CS' position.

Start your computer.
Press DEL to enter BIOS SETUP.
Use "auto detect IDE drives", and the 160GB drive should be recognized.