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| Thread ID: 123552 | 2012-03-03 06:22:00 | SATA drive shows in BIOS, not in Windows | laworder (12738) | Press F1 |
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| 1262783 | 2012-03-03 06:22:00 | I have a 500GB Seagate SATA drive which I want to read data off, it is installed on my system as a secondary drive on SATA port 4 OS is Win XP SP3 running off a WD 1TB drive, computer is working fine - unless I have the 500GB Seagate SATA lead plugged in when I boot up, then it will not even start loading Windows, just freezes just after the XP logo comes up. It is visible and appears OK in BIOS prior to that (and I have confirmed that the PC is set to boot off the 1TB WD drive). If I plug the SATA lead into the Seagate once Windows is loaded, I do not see the drive, even under DOS Any ideas how I can access this drive, ideally under Windows, but if I need to boot from some utility CD and just copy the files I need then that will be all good too Regards Peter J |
laworder (12738) | ||
| 1262784 | 2012-03-03 07:26:00 | You may have to take ownership of the hdd. If its from another system. What SATA does the mobo support? And is the seagate SATA 1, 2 or 3? | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1262785 | 2012-03-03 08:20:00 | It is my own HDD, its a SATA 2, the mobo supports that | laworder (12738) | ||
| 1262786 | 2012-03-03 08:25:00 | Does it appear in disk management?? Try another SATA port if it doesnt. Probably not a good idea plugging a SATA cable into a hdd while the system is on. | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1262787 | 2012-03-03 08:33:00 | If Windows freezes when trying to boot with the drive plugged in there could be something wrong with it or something wrong with the filesystem on it. I would try a bootable Linux CD or such and see if it can read it |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1262788 | 2012-03-03 09:03:00 | Drive does not appear in Disk Management, have tried rescanning for drives and tried another SATA port Will try the bootable Linux CD, see if I can copy files across that way Dont need to copy the whole thing, just a few files |
laworder (12738) | ||
| 1262789 | 2012-03-03 09:05:00 | Sounds like something is stuffed if it doesnt appear in disk management | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1262790 | 2012-03-03 21:01:00 | Try another cable also and if that doesn't work consider an external USB to SATA dock or enclosure to bypass the motherboard's controller altogether. Has the 500 had an operating system on it at any stage? Perhaps despite the BIOS setting it's trying to boot. Plugging a SATA cable in while windows is running it technically ok as it's designed as a hot swappable interface, but to work it has to be set in AHCI mode which will kill your boot up if you change it without drivers installed in windows first. In IDE mode the drive wont be detected without a reboot, which gets you back to your current problem. Of course changing any connections inside the case with the power on has an element of risk, but as long as your careful it's ok in this case. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1262791 | 2012-03-03 21:11:00 | Try one of these? www.ascent.co.nz |
feersumendjinn (64) | ||
| 1262792 | 2012-03-03 21:24:00 | A possibility... BIOS sees it, but if that 500GB Seagate is a windows boot drive from another PC, then maybe its trying to load that OS and crashing. |
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