Hitachi TravelStar - Recent Questions, Troubleshooting & Support - Page 8

It _could_ be a disk-drive problem -- excessive "retry" operations within the disk-drive, while trying to write data to the disk-drive, or while trying to read from the disk-drive.

Search online for "Hitachi Drive Fitness" testing software, and run it.

If the disk-drive is "out-of-warranty", consider replacing it, before it completely "fails".

http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:MtpUdSCLoMcJ:www.hitachigst.com/tech/techlib.nsf/techdocs/B452324297C3078886256D9600695E87/$file/10fa_e7.pdf+Travelstar+DK13FA-40&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESjyxjUWth1825YmrQbH7jPtefOa5YLB0MFEoqiBZXX7fPXfEO-Uz6JFA8heqVpytMK62mLedZgxWASuRMrwMjTNkN8uw3VREaIEd7YiJSMiUkoSpnVPwgYzbs_6Ou9Hdk6GK9Mb&sig=AHIEtbRVNP0GddfP2l--bgdCowTQLUDmAg

The motherboard is quering the 'S.M.A.R.T.' status of the disk-drive,
and the disk-drive is reporting that it is about to "fail".
So, your motherboard is showing that "Imminent failure -- press F1 to ignore this alert" message.

Take your computer to a qualified technician, to see if it is "too late" to recover any files from your disk-drive, and/or to install a new disk-drive, and to install Windows.

make sure sata/scsi is enabled in bios usually by pressing f2 some boards come from factory to read ide and sata diabled make sure it is enabled

I am not familiar with Linux but have you checked your Bios to see if Sata Hard Drive is recognized in there??? Most of the time you have to set the bios to recognize a Sata drive because 90% of Hard Drives are still IDE and most bios software is still recognizing the IDE drives. I know I had to reset everything on my Motherboard and Bios when I changed over from an IDE to SATA Hard Drive.

any external hard drive will work just conect it via usb.

You would need to use a "usb" to hard drive cable. It looks like this: http://gizmodo.com/168149/brando-sataeide-to-usb-20-cable

Then, it is simply a matter of "cloning." The other alternative is to find a pc repair shop with a hard drive duplicator. It will copy much faster.

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Hi
There are no jumpers to set on a SATA drive since they all use individual interfaces with the motherboard.
All you can do is connect the drive you want as master to the first SATA header,slave to the second,and then set the boot priority in BIOS.
They don't have jumper pins like the old days.
Post again if you have questions,and if this helps would you rate my post?
Bob

you must format the hard drive from another disk as an operating system will not format itself
hope this helps

use a good quality drive such as samsung/toshiba etc.
it just need to have the 2.5 format and sata connections be fast enough and big enough for all you stuff.

most laptop drives are 4200 if you are not doing anything with graphics or video then, it might be ok. professional users will buy 7200 speed drives

Hope this helps
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Try memtest86 and be sure the memory in the system is working. Also, some systems are tied to APCI... make sure your bios has it enabled.

Hitachi maintains a page to answer questions about obtaining warranty service at the link below:

http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/support/warr_faq.htm

You must obtain and "RMA" (return merchandise authorization) prior to sending any drive to Hitachi. This entire procedure is outlined at the link above.

Please rate this replay if you found it helpful. Good luck!

try to defrag the external HDD,possible bad sector

Hello Spawn, hi, pop in your Operating System CD rom, (like windows cd rom installer), boot first on the CD drive, usually pressing F11, for PC, then read and follow instructions on the screen.
If you are a PC user, and want to install windows, follow instructions above until the screen reaches where you will select a drive to have your windows installed, after selecting, then the installer automatically formats your drive. Hope this answers your question.

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Depending on the operating system that you are running on your computer you should not need to install drivers for the second hard drive. However you may just need to assign a drive letter to the second drive. The links below will help you do this.

How to change your drive letter in Windows Vista and Windows 7

How to change your drive letter in Windows XP

Let me know if you have any more problems or questions

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