| Forum Home | ||||
| Press F1 | ||||
| Thread ID: 81866 | 2007-08-09 08:45:00 | Desktop computer can't detect HDD | spaceman8815 (4112) | Press F1 |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 578680 | 2007-08-09 11:54:00 | This could be a motherboard issue. Do you have access to another pc? If so, plug your hdd into the other pc and see if you can get it to work there. If it doesn't work on another, unfortuantly your hdd must be stuffed :eek: hopefully not though! |
Bozo (8540) | ||
| 578681 | 2007-08-09 20:33:00 | the motherboard is only new, because we had to replace it after a lightening strike through the phone lines in January which also burnt out my broadband modem. I don't have another PC to test the hard drive on, so is it worth taking it to someone to see if they can fix it? or would they do just the same thing i would do? |
spaceman8815 (4112) | ||
| 578682 | 2007-08-09 22:10:00 | I don't have another PC to test the hard drive on, so is it worth taking it to someone to see if they can fix it? or would they do just the same thing i would do? If the data is important to you and you don't have backups of it then it would be a good idea to take it to someone to get the data off. Like DemonHunter says, you can connect your hard drive as a slave in another computer and copy the files you want to save then put it back in your machine and do the restore or whatever is required. Do you have a friend with a PC that you can do this with? If your hard drive won't work in another computer either then it is toast. |
FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 578683 | 2007-08-09 22:39:00 | [QUOTE=spaceman8815;580446]the motherboard is only new, because we had to replace it after a lightening strike through the phone lines in January which also burnt out my broadband modem. The "New Board could still be faulty, it may have also been damaged since, it only takes a split second to fry PC parts, and Jan was 8 months ago:horrified Regarding the hard drive, when you turn on the PC can you hear or feel the hard drive spin up,you may need to place your fingers on the drive case to feel it - you may still be able to recover the data if the drives damaged, but that may not be to cheap, there are ways of doing the recovery depending on how the drives damaged ? You mentioned yesterday that the BIOS shows the drive which means it not completely dead ( if at all) - other wise it wouldn't show. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 578684 | 2007-08-10 05:15:00 | The hard drive starts up as i can hear and feel it doing so. is it possible to connect the hard drive to a laptop, and how would that be done? |
spaceman8815 (4112) | ||
| 578685 | 2007-08-10 05:27:00 | Yes you can connect it to a laptop, you need a IDE to USB adaptor ( Assuming its IDE drive) but these can be hard to come by in some shops, (not being smart, but I have 2 here in the workshop - some bigger computer shops may carry them). If its an IDE drive, then the cheapest way is to beg / steal ( not) borrow or purchase an 2.5" external hard Drive enclosure, plug your drive into the case and then plug the USB cable that comes with the case into the USB port of the Laptop, if it works OK then you will see a removable drive in the "My Computer" on the laptop. If the drive opens hopefully all your data is there. Drive cases without a drive already installed vary, but are normally around $40 - $60 Mark or higher depending on the shop and brand Dick Smiths have then for about $39.00 |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 578686 | 2007-08-10 06:09:00 | Yes you can connect it to a laptop, you need a IDE to USB adaptor ( Assuming its IDE drive) but these can be hard to come by in some shops, (not being smart, but I have 2 here in the workshop - some bigger computer shops may carry them). If its an IDE drive, then the cheapest way is to beg / steal ( not) borrow or purchase an 2.5" external hard Drive enclosure, plug your drive into the case and then plug the USB cable that comes with the case into the USB port of the Laptop, if it works OK then you will see a removable drive in the "My Computer" on the laptop. If the drive opens hopefully all your data is there. Drive cases without a drive already installed vary, but are normally around $40 - $60 Mark or higher depending on the shop and brand Dick Smiths have then for about $39.00 Would these ones be all right, on trademe. which one is the better deal: 1. USB 2.5 inch HDD Case Enclosure (www.trademe.co.nz) 2. 2.5" External Hard drive enclosure case--2006-- (www.trademe.co.nz) |
spaceman8815 (4112) | ||
| 578687 | 2007-08-10 06:29:00 | OPPS Sorry spaceman8815 I got my Inches wrong - its a 3.5" enclosure. NOT 2.5 Very sorry about that - Normally the 3.5" enclosures have a power cable to power up the drive that plugs into the enclosure and house power point.The uSB port normally wont have enough power to power up the drive. Sorry I put you wrong regarding sizes - :blush: :( |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 578688 | 2007-08-10 06:41:00 | I found some 3.5 inch ones on trademe here, would this (www.trademe.co.nz) work alright? | spaceman8815 (4112) | ||
| 578689 | 2007-08-10 07:57:00 | Thats the One - damn good price also :thumbs: :thumbs: Sorry about the mixup before with the sizes . :( I had been doing quotes on laptops all morning and that drive size stuck in my head . |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1 2 | |||||