Mac Wont Recognize Second s at a..

[bushida]

Hi folks ,
can anyone help.?
I've got a mac pro. running tiger, using my machine for music so i installed
all my audio related stuff on a second s ata drive in bay 2.
Its been running great up until recently .
it's taken longer and longer for my machine to boot up.
this morning i turned my mac on , and it has stopped recognizing the second sata drive, { ie it doesn't show up on my desktop.
or anywhere else for that matter. the s a t a is a seagate barracuda 1tb,
and has worked perfectly until now.

has anyone else had a similar experience, or can someone offer some solutions,
thanks in advance.

newbie.

 

[gr8tfly]

Well, on the surface, it doesn't sound good for that drive.

Try running Disk Utility First Aid on it - I'm betting it'll find (and hopefully fix) some problems on it.

If you don't have a backup of the data on that drive, now is the time.

I hope I'm wrong, but the symptoms are those of a dying hard drive.

 

[Techhie]

If the above doesn't work, take it to the local Apple store and have them run a more advanced test using Drive Genius.

 

[bushida]

Thanks folks,
I'm going to take it to the apple store today.