November 7, 200718 yr I have 3 Western Digital 320GB hard drives installed in my computer. The first 2 are setup in a Raid 1 configuration and are working ok. I had the 3rd drive installed back in July to use for periodic backup and/or misc. temporary information storage. I can't remember what I have stored on the drive, if anything, but now it is no longer being recognized. When I startup my computer, as it goes through the startup checks, all 3 drives are listed as follows: Port 0 OFFLINE MEMBER (shown in red lettering) Port 1 MEMBER DISK (0) Raid (shown in green lettering) Port 2 MEMBER DISK (0) Raid (shown in green lettering) The above may not be exact, but I hope you can interpret. Once Windows is up and running, the 3rd drive (Port 0) or D: Drive is not displayed at all therefore cannot be accessed. Has the 3rd hard drive failed? I've never had a hard drive failure before so I don't know how to recognize a failure. I thought that it may be a power problem, maybe a Sata cable came loose or maybe a BIOS malfunction. I'm going to check the power cable tomorrow and also to run my computer with the side panel off to see if I can feel any vibration from the drive to determine if it is spinning or not. I would appreciate any input from any computer techs out there. Luckily, it wasn't one of my RAID drives, however this is why I setup a RAID system in the first place. My motherboard is the ASUS P5K Deluxe WiFi, I believe with Award BIOS, but don't quote me on the BIOS. Thanks, PattayaDavid
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