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Hard disk suddenly becomes unreadable

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surenther.ss Original post #1
Nov 27, 2008 at 12:28 PM
Friends i have 2 hard disk 40 gb and 160gb....suddenly i dont why..my system hangs and all those partitions of 160gb hard disk goes off from my computer..i mean the 160gb harddisk becomes unreadable

Please help :confused::confused:
aditya1987
aditya1987 #2
Nov 28, 2008 at 11:17 PM
Does it show S.M.A.R.T error before bios screen?

You can also do surface test of you HDD with Partiton Table Doctor (PTD)