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hello everyone and welcome to another
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video now in this video I'm going to be
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talking about a hard drive not being
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detected by the computer you turn it on
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you see this red CPU light or a red CPU
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light starts flashing and you think "Oh
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no what's going wrong?" Well do I panic
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because there are a few simple fixes
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that you can try to get things back up
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and running in no time at all of course
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the first thing that we should do is
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look inside our PC case and check all of
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it could be something as simple as a
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loose SATA cable or a loose power cable
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it may even be something as simple as a
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drive that s not seated correctly within
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the SATA connector so you know that's
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the easy part out of the way and let's
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say that doesn't solve the problem what
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else can we try well assuming that you
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have more than one SATA port on your
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motherboard you could try moving your
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hard drive over to another SATA port if
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your motherboard has two or three of
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these connections try moving it from one
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to the other just to eliminate any
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potential problems with the port itself
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and let's say that still doesn't work
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well the next thing that we can do is
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take one of the cables that we used for
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our hard drive and plug it into the
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motherboard and then instead of plugging
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the other end into the drive we ll plug
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it into another drive that we know works
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or another hard drive that we have lying
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around if this still doesn't work then
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the cable itself might be faulty or the
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connection at the motherboard itself
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might be loose or not working properly
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you can try switching the cable
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completely if you have a spare or just
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ensuring that it's pushed in firmly at
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both ends sometimes a little bit of
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force is required to get these cables to
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push in properly and it's always worth
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checking both ends the connection at the
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motherboard and the connection at the
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drive itself another thing that you can
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do is go back into the BIOS and check
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whether the drive is enabled sometimes
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especially on older motherboards you
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need to go into the BIOS and actually
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enable the Solder ports it sounds
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strange but this is something that
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you'll see on some older motherboards
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now this will differ from board to board
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so you may need to consult your
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motherboard's manual to find out exactly
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where to look but it's definitely worth
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checking if you do have an older
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motherboard then it's also worth
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checking all of the connections and
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making sure that they read all nice and
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secure now if your hard drive is making
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a lot of clicking noises when you try to
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start your computer then this is almost
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certainly the drive itself the clicking
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that you hear is the readr head trying
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to access the drive but it's either
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physically or electronically unable to
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do so this could be because the drive
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has failed or because there is some sort
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of physical obstruction if you do take
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your hard drive out of the caddy or the
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enclosure that it's in if it's in one of
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those external enclosures that you plug
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into the USB make sure that there's no
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obstruction such as a fingernail or a
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piece of fluff preventing the arm from
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moving freely if you can hear the
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clicking noise even after removing the
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drive from its enclosure then it's
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likely that the drive itself has failed
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and you will have to replace it so
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hopefully one of those tips has helped
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