Hard Drive Issues
Started by
Bamavet
, Jun 23 2009 05:37 PM
#1
Posted 23 June 2009 - 05:37 PM
#2
Posted 23 June 2009 - 11:55 PM
Did you slave/master the two disks?
#3
Posted 24 June 2009 - 10:42 AM
Sometimes you need to change the jumpers on the drives to master and slave instead of cable select.
What is disk manager actually telling you?
What is disk manager actually telling you?
#4
Posted 24 June 2009 - 03:56 PM
ok its on cable select...so I will try changing that. :-)
#5
Posted 24 June 2009 - 08:25 PM
On my hd...I only have jumpers for cable select, master or limit drive size. I have tried EVERYTHING to access the data on this drive thru vista but it will not allow me to. I dont understand why disk management shows the drive but will not let me do anything other than start a new simple volume...which I assume will format the drive...then I would lose what I need off it.
#6
Posted 25 June 2009 - 05:04 AM
A stab in the dark with this one. While in disk management, right click and see if you can change the drive letter. When 2 drives have the same letter, they conflict.
What is the drive manufacturer?
What is the model number?
Is there a jumper map on the drive?
What is the drive manufacturer?
What is the model number?
Is there a jumper map on the drive?
#7
Posted 26 June 2009 - 07:06 PM
Disk management hasnt assigned it a letter and wont let me try to assign one. It is a seagate barracuda 7200. There is a jumper map with 3 options...Master, cable select or limit drive size.
I cant select master...Its on cable select now. And im assuming the other option wouldnt do me any good.
I cant select master...Its on cable select now. And im assuming the other option wouldnt do me any good.
#8
Posted 26 June 2009 - 07:24 PM
See:
http://www.seagate.c...u5_family_1.gif
You might need to look for your specific drive, but it seems that slave is set by having no jumpers at all.
Which connector is it plugged into? The last one if the master and the middle one is the slave:
http://www.seagate.c...000dd04090aRCRD
http://www.seagate.c...u5_family_1.gif
You might need to look for your specific drive, but it seems that slave is set by having no jumpers at all.
Which connector is it plugged into? The last one if the master and the middle one is the slave:
http://www.seagate.c...000dd04090aRCRD
#9
Posted 27 June 2009 - 08:43 PM
I gave up...it allowed me to set a a slave but I could not do anything with the hard drive without formatting.
Im guessing this is just one of the moronic things that vista does..If you have xp installed you must have to wipe it out for you to use it as a slave.
Im guessing this is just one of the moronic things that vista does..If you have xp installed you must have to wipe it out for you to use it as a slave.
#10
Posted 28 June 2009 - 08:58 AM
Did you wipe out the drive? If not, you might try downloading Knoppix (Live Linux CD), create the CD and then boot from that and see if you can access the data.
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