my harddrive is really hot..

[ndnsoulja]

hello, first off i'd like the thank you for taking the time to read this. i touched my harddrive and its really hot evertime i use my computer. the thing that i'm confused about is that its a separate harddrive and not the main one. and the main one doens't even get hot as this one and ijust bought this hd this summer. and now i can't even open up the harddrive, when i double click on it, it displays this message(attachment). any kiind of help would be highly appreciated. thank you

[Vio1]

I cant click on the attachment. What hdd is it? Is it SATA? If so, did you plug in power to both connectors? If so remove one immediately.

[ndnsoulja]

i don't know if its SATA. what is SATA? and how can i find out if it is that kind of hdd.

[ndnsoulja]

im uploading the picture again. see if it works this time

[ndnsoulja]

now its asking me if i would like to format the harddrive. i don't want to because i have alot of stuff on that harddrive. is there anything i can do?

[jaydog]

i don't know if its SATA. what is SATA? and how can i find out if it is that kind of hdd.

Does it have an IDE cable conected(the wide ribbon, the same type that connects your cd roms to your motherboard) or is it much smaller?

[ndnsoulja]

ide cable

[L337 M33P]

Unplug it. Now. Turn the PC off and leave the drive sitting.

Then when it's cool, turn the PC back on and backup the data pronto.

[ndnsoulja]

its not that its so hot but i can't access it. anyone know what can i do? i was just concerned about why it gets hot all the time. thanks for all the reply.

[subtotal]

can't help you with the accessing part... but when i noticed my hdd was getting hot i stuck a fan under it blowing air onto the underside. dropped idle tmep at least 8 degrees C

[ndnsoulja]

still doesn't explain the fact that its so hot. anything on that?

[HiProfile]

L337 M33P was basicly saying he thinks your drive is defective. It sounds as if that it may be broke, except its doing something to create more heat than normal. When you shut off your PC & start it back up, can you hear the HDD (if your ear is reeeeally close) spin down & spin up (basicly: is it moving the platters)?

The attachment is telling me that your drive can be *seen* by windows, but not *accessed* by windows (like a flash reader w/o media inside). A quick search of that "para. incorrect" shows that its a telltale sign that you're SOL. Try finding some hardcore harddrive apps made by the hdd's mfg to try fixing it. Otherwise, you're like the others I saw in the search - they had no luck fixing their problem, even with scandisk, formatting, etc.

The other thing you can try is to remove all your cd drives from the second IDE channel and connecting the ribbon cable to that HDD. If you still can't read the drive contents, I'd suggest you get out the shotgun and put ol' bessie down... (unless you still have the warranty :beer: ) Sorry.

[ghettocomp]

what OS are you using?

Not that it means anything right now...