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2nd Hard Drive - Was there, now gone

  • 07-10-2002 9:13pm
    #1
    Neil3030
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,154 ✭✭✭✭


    It was there, now its gone. The External Cd writer was being used, maybe that screwed it up but basically its being recognised by BIOS but not by Windows.

    Any advice?


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  • #2
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,978 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    Is it visible in properties device manager? If so try opening the propeties for the drive and re-name the drive.

    I don't know if its relevant but have you checked the IDE controllers also in properties, maybe one of them has a conflict?

    Just a few guesses, I'm no expert.


  • #3
    Matfinn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 364 ✭✭Matfinn


    The reason your hard drive might not be appearing in windows is because its not formatted using common windows filesystems ( ie: NTFS or FAT32 ). You might need to format it. Ill need more information from you in order to answer this question fully. What version of windows are you running? Was the hard drive recognised by windows before? If your drive is recognised by the BIOS then its unlikely its a hardware problem. An external CDRW drive wouldnt do anything to mess up your setup. Tell me does it take a while for your computer to bootup? ( much longer than it usually should ).

    Matt


  • #4
    Neil3030
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,154 ✭✭✭✭Neil3030


    It is visible in device manager but i can't get through to change the letter. Its locked off. I tried changeing the drive letters of the CD drive to Z to see if that would work but no luck.

    I did try formatting it, around 2-3 times. No luck. I also tried making a primary and secondary DOS partition, neither worked.


  • #5
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,978 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    I can't think of a good reason why this might work but
    try unhooking the drive IED cable and the power connector, then reboot, shut down and reconnect the leads and re-boot.
    Sometimes that sort of thing works!

    Mike.


  • #6
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,978 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    Neil did you find your second HDD yet?!

    Mike.


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  • #7
    Neil3030
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,154 ✭✭✭✭Neil3030


    Sound advice Mike but it didnt work. :(
    Thanks for helping tho:)

    I'm guessing that it is nothing to do with the pin placement on the back of the harddrive, i.e. the primary master slave thingameebob, since it is being recognised as the primary slave in BIOS.

    Another thought, when it worked last, it was running off an extended DOS partition. Would that have had any effect?


  • #8
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,978 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    I was going to ask about primary/secondary, but forgot.

    I have to say its got me stumped, I mentioned the IDE controller in Device Properties did you check them, there should be one for each drive. The PCI bus master must be okay as you can see one drive...I dunno!

    http://www.computing.net/dos/wwwboard/forum/10563.html

    Try here -

    http://www.experts-exchange.com/Operating_Systems/

    Mike.


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