I bought a new pc last XMas and after about 5 months my PC apparently send out a classifieds ad asking for viruses and I think I ended up catching everyone that there is. I spent a month reformatting and at the end of the month I thought my problems were over and then my pc slowed again so I did a warm boot and was preparing ( and using words that would make my mother blush) to format again. However this time it came up a blank screen. I looked in the BIOS and my hd was not there. I put it in another pc and it was not recognized there either.
I put a new hd in and it worked fine so I put the other one to the side and forgot about it. I pulled it out yesterday and started looking into trying to fix it. I installed it with my other hd and it slowed my pc down. Upon loading windows it acts as if it is trying to read the hd but finally gave up and loaded just the other one.
In Bios it is not there but it is showing that something is installed on the sata that it is connected to. The hd runs smooth ( no noises at all. Purrs like a kitten) and looking at it it looks brand new ( not even a scratch and nothing looks burned on the board)
So here are my questions....
If it is running that good can something still be bad?
Is there anyway to rewrite a boot sector when you cant see the hd?
Is there an initial programming on the hd that makes the pc read the hd (besides the boot info) and if there is, is there anyway to rewrite it?
I have tried running OS disk and it says that it cannot be setup and prompts me to exit installation. (Vista and XP)
I also want to apologize if my questions make no sense. I dont know alot about pc's and am just going by what I have found on the net. There is no main reason to worry with the hd (and I know that I can buy another one), I'm mostly just trying to solve a puzzle that is making me want to go into my backyard and bang my head against a tree. ;)
Any and all help is greatly appreciated