2nd hard drive accidentally got deleted.

Hello Everybody: Here is my problem My dad gave my Grandmother his old Compaq Presaro CQ56 . Running Windows 7. Any ho I reset the computer to factory defaults . But I was trying to delete my dad's old info on the 2nd hard drive. Some how when doing this I accidentally deleted the hard drive driver it self. Her is what I tried so far, Restarting computer. System restore Pressing esc at start up and running the hard drive test. I tried a 3rd party program called Ease us Partition recovery that one website said might fix it. Would not let me press the processed button. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Sorry for spelling and grammar issues. I have a learning disability. Thanks again Jenmoon1

It may have died then. It could have been on the edge and the stress of recovery finished it. You could try reseating it to insure it has a good connection but most likely it will need to be replaced.
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