Question: Hi. I was transferring some files from one HDD to another, around 500 GB of data. (Also transferring files to a third HDD at the same time.) When it finished with both I tried transferring the files on one HDD all into one folder on the same HDD but there were two files that it wouldn’t move; this was about 10% in. Then I got a notification from Intel something or other (I think it was Intel Rapid Storage Technology but I’m not positive) saying that drive has been removed. So I rebooted, and it hangs on the splash screen and won’t let me into BIOS. I unplugged the drive from the PC and it boots fine. I plug the drive back in and it hangs up on the splash screen again. Rinse, repeat.
So, obviously some files on the HDD are corrupted, but is the entire drive wrecked? If I let it cool off will it work again? All the drives are hot except the one ssd I have which is just slightly warm – it’s a new build and I figured I’d put it through its paces with youtube and many tabs and a system overview app open, plus transferring data from one HDD to two HDDs at once, and I could use some more fans. But I have the side open and the temp never got above 50c, it mostly stayed around 45c.
If I keep messing around trying to get the pissy HDD to work will I ruin my PC? Any ideas? The data is not important enough to pay to recover but I mean, it’s a lot of data to lose.
Answer:Ok, turns out when it was stuck on the splash screen Windows was trying to fix the drive in the background. I’m used to the pc booting up really fast but when I tried it today I walked away from it and when I came back it said it was fixing drive F. Took forever but Windows actually did fix it. Who would’ve thought.
I had uninstalled Intel Rapid Storage Technology because it’s going away anyway, so I know it wasn’t that. Anyway, thanks for responding!