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Hi,

My friends computer is dead. It shows the error "Dumping physical memory" and after the restart the BIOS is now not detecting the hard drive. Please help! Thank you in advance.

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JK

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Brief, practical triage for a machine that crashed and then the boot disk stopped appearing to the motherboard. was correct to ask for OS and recent changes — that information narrows whether the problem is software/firmware or physical hardware. ’s note about surface faults can be relevant, but a low-level/zero-fill should never be the first step when the drive is not being seen by the firmware; that operation is destructive and also pointless if the disk is electrically or mechanically dead.

  • With mains power removed, reseat the drive’s power and data connectors and try a different SATA port and a known-good cable. Swap to a different power lead from the PSU.
  • Power on briefly and note audible behavior: steady spin, silence, or clicking/grinding. Silence often means no power; repetitive clicks tend to indicate internal mechanical failure.
  • If possible, test the drive in a second working PC or in a USB-SATA enclosure. Detection elsewhere isolates the issue to the original motherboard, cable, or BIOS.
  • Reset BIOS/UEFI to defaults or clear CMOS and verify SATA ports are enabled. Avoid flipping controller modes unless the drive is already visible.
  • If another system can see the disk, run S.M.A.R.T. and vendor diagnostics (non-destructive). If the disk is never detected or makes failure noises, stop and consider professional recovery.

Useful details for further diagnosis: drive brand/model, exact BIOS/POST messages, whether any other SATA devices work in the same machine, audible drive behavior, and results of testing the drive in another PC. Destructive steps should be deferred until the value of the data is known.

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As you didn't give much info not much is available. Could be related to OS and/or system hardware. A few questions. OS & ver.? Have you loaded any software lately? Reloaded the OS lateley? Changed/added hardware?

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Sometime in Hard disk create bad sector then it create problems.So Use Disk Manager to "0" level formating and change data cable.

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local's communication MAY apply, however, at the moment it's a bit premature.

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