Switch to full style
Data recovery and disk repair questions and discussions related to old-fashioned SATA, SAS, SCSI, IDE, MFM hard drives - any type of storage device that has moving parts
Post a reply

Western Digital WD 20EZAZ not recognized by BIOS

May 11th, 2022, 23:46

Good evening.
Some background. my second HDD suddenly not recognized by bios, (First HDD is same type 20EZAZ too).

So, i disconnect all my hdd and ssd and only attach this one
HDD is spinning normal and no other cracking sound but still not recognized
sometimes recognized but take long time

I tried another PC and problem is same.

What should I do? warranty is out

Thanks

Re: Western Digital WD 20EZAZ not recognized by BIOS

May 12th, 2022, 12:28

kasanawi wrote:What should I do? warranty is out


That sounds like recovery is not an issue for you.
I guess repair should be more expensive than buying a new one.
I would not buy a drive with SMR as you did.
Post a reply