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HDD Hardware Checks
In case you are unable to access the hard disk drive, and you are sure that its configuration settings are correct, you must try to troubleshoot the hardware components associated with it. The components include the drive itself, its signal cable, and the Hard Disk Controller (HDC) on the system board. The steps to be followed are:
Verify the HDD signal cable for proper connection at both ends.
Verify the Master/Slave jumper settings to be sure they are correctly set.
Check if the system is using the Cable Select option.
Check both the ID configuration settings and terminator installations for SCSI drives.
After checking the above, if the problem still exists then format the hard disk. Incase the system fails to format the Hard disk or it is taking too long a time to format or incase any error occurs while formatting the drive, then you will need to replace the drive with a good working drive.
