PCI SATA and the HD Woes

11:11.40 - Wednesday 14th November 2007   (Link to This Entry)

I've been avoiding doing too much work on the big desktop recently, since the HD has been acting up, disappearing from Windows and reappearing a few seconds later. Having replaced the drive and the cable, I plumped for a PCI SATA-II card from eBay and gave that a try.

Installation was pretty straightforward - plug in card, switch on machine, install drivers, reboot - and I connected the 250GB drive without hassle, with Windows picking it up and scanning it, reporting 20K in bad sectors into the bargain.

I set about doing a full HD Scan and Repair and - so far - things have gone well. Later tonight I'll probably get my backups sorted out, reformat the drive and hope for the best.

I bought mine from eBay user huntgoal for £7.90 delivered - bargain.