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| Thread ID: 42320 | 2004-02-07 23:33:00 | Unable to access slave hard drive. | withersn (1630) | Press F1 |
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| 213555 | 2004-02-08 02:24:00 | Not quite right Terry. :D SCSI won't work unterminated. IDE as a very short maximum length on the cable (18"). So it works. Some CS cables are marked so as to have the middle connector go to the motherboard. | Graham L (2) | ||
| 213556 | 2004-02-09 02:04:00 | I tried making that drive the master, but with no luck, As it had no OS on it, it wouldn't boot. (Originally I just formatted it and copied files to it. Later using the BackUp option.) For about a year it worked perfectly....until I really needed a file! What I can't understand is why it shows in BIOS but not in Windows? Thanks anyway. Nick W. |
withersn (1630) | ||
| 213557 | 2004-02-09 02:50:00 | fat cant see ntfs what file type is the slave drive ? | drcspy (146) | ||
| 213558 | 2004-02-09 04:19:00 | Try repartitioning it with fdisk, if you can see it with fdisk all is good. Delete the current partition and create a new one, make sure you get the right disk tho:) and then format it as ntfs or fat32. If it shows up in the bios it should be accessible. ps. a new user unfriendly program similar to "fdisk" is available in windows xp called "diskpart" so give that a go. |
rsnic (3780) | ||
| 213559 | 2004-02-09 04:35:00 | Before you repartition it try this. go into diskpart in a command window type "list disk" this will list all the drives type "select disk ?" select a disk where ? is the number of the drive you want. type "online" If that doesn't work try repartitionind it. |
rsnic (3780) | ||
| 213560 | 2004-02-11 10:01:00 | rsnic> I ran Diskpart and got this result:- DISKPART> list disk Size Free Disk 0 Online 57 GB 0 B Disk 1 Online 19 GB 0 B DISKPART> select disk 1 Disk 1 is now the selected disk ------------------------------------------------- What else can I do except reformat and lose all my data. Thanks, Nick W |
withersn (1630) | ||
| 213561 | 2004-02-11 12:54:00 | Well, before destroying the data (I presume it is the most valuable item at present?), you could try Linux, the Knoppix self booting system that runs off CD is a pretty good tool for pulling files off sick windows disks. Most linux can do it, but Knoppix came on a PCWorld CD, in October 2002. If not available, try a google search for ebcd pro. It's mentioned on F1 somewhere recently, it really is a rescue disk with attitude, priced just right too! R2 |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 213562 | 2004-02-12 05:01:00 | rsnic> I ran Diskpart and got this result:- DISKPART> list disk Size Free Disk 0 Online 57 GB 0 B Disk 1 Online 19 GB 0 B DISKPART> select disk 1 Disk 1 is now the selected disk ____________ It appears that the disk is online, once you've done this again. type "offline" then "online" And hopefully it will fix itself if it's undamaged and appear in my computer. Fingers crossed. If this doesn't help try the linux thing but no guarantee's since if the file system is damaged it will have the same trouble and is really only useful if you lose the ability to boot from your windows partition. However if you really need to get your files back get yourself a program called r-studio, its the only file recovery program i've used that actually works and will find anything off a screwed hard drive, however it does cost. There are some free programs that may help you, just do a search in google for "file recovery". |
rsnic (3780) | ||
| 213563 | 2004-02-12 07:20:00 | Thanks for your help. If I have any luck I will let you know. Nick W. |
withersn (1630) | ||
| 213564 | 2004-02-13 07:34:00 | I think i am having the same problem, but i cant even see my quantum fireball lct 10 in the compaq bios. | MrBeef (342) | ||
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