Windows 10: HDD failed to reformat, disappeared except for in BIOS

Discus and support HDD failed to reformat, disappeared except for in BIOS in Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware to solve the problem; Earlier today I attempted to transfer some data from one HDD to another. At exactly 78% of the way through, it gave me an error, "the destination you... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware' started by striper, Oct 23, 2018.

  1. striper Win User

    HDD failed to reformat, disappeared except for in BIOS


    Earlier today I attempted to transfer some data from one HDD to another. At exactly 78% of the way through, it gave me an error, "the destination you have specified does not exist". Then the drive disappeared from This PC. Also, would not show in disk management or disk part. Upon rebooting, the disk reappeared. I tried to transfer the data two more times but the same thing happened.

    I noticed a notification in the action center from Intel Rapid Storage stating that a drive had be disconnected.

    I proceeded to backup all the data on the drive that was acting up.

    Then I attempted to reformat it. It gave me an error, could not reformat. The drive disappeared again.

    I rebooted the machine and tried to reformat again but this time selected quick format. It gave me the same error. The drive disappeared for good this time. It does not show up anywhere except for in the BIOS. I also tried booting into linux to see if it showed up in Gparted, it does not. I tried rebooting multiple times and ran chkdsk. No progress.

    My assumption is hardware failure. This drive was giving me some minor issues in the near past. I attempted to transfer files to my android phone which came me some issues. Computer froze a couple of times.

    Are there any steps I can take to try and recover this drive. It's not that old. Thanks in advance for your help.

    :)
     
    striper, Oct 23, 2018
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  2. DaveM121 Win User

    USB HDD: IN BIOS

    Hi AJAY, in modern BIOS (UEFI) it is normal to have USB devices listed, such as USB HDD without drive being plugged in.

    In older Legacy BIOS, a drive would have to be plugged in for it to be listed in BIOS, but not no londer . . .
     
    DaveM121, Oct 23, 2018
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  3. No BIOS or HDD

    yes there is some hotkey you should be able to hit during boot to access system bios. even if the hard drive has failed you still can access bios it is built in to the mother board. what manufacturer is the computer? also if you installed Linux it reformats
    hard drive so it wont show up in windows without a third party app like Linux reader unless you reformat again
     
    markdickey1, Oct 23, 2018
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  4. HDD failed to reformat, disappeared except for in BIOS

    bios

    Hi all i am new in this forum, i need meanings step by step of each item listed in the bios Phoenix-Award
     
    central473, Oct 23, 2018
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