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| Thread ID: 64328 | 2005-12-11 08:48:00 | Hard drive dead!! | mc2_mc2 (9410) | Press F1 |
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| 411755 | 2005-12-11 08:48:00 | Well....recently i realised my secondary hard drive stopped working. I didn't really mind as the data was not really important until i realised that i had stored my digital art on that drive(And i hadn't backed up that folder) :dogeye: . So, now I'm trying to recover the data. The thing is, windows won't recognise the drive. The BIOS doesn't recognise it either. I know it spins up on startup. I don't know what is wrong. If this helps...on startup there is a black screen with a white underscore thingy flashing for a while till it boots, whereas if the drive is not connected, this doesn't happen. Also, the drive spins down quite rapidly, almost an immediate halt. I also know that it is not the jumper settings or the cabling( It tested it with another hard drive) So..if anyone would take the time to help me out i would be grateful :D |
mc2_mc2 (9410) | ||
| 411756 | 2005-12-11 09:22:00 | Is this hdd the master or slave now? If its slave / was on slave, did you put primary/secondary slave in the BIOS on AUTO?? |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 411757 | 2005-12-11 10:26:00 | Possible last resort solutions here: techrepublic.com.com or if you want to spend money: http://www.actionfront.com/ |
zqwerty (97) | ||
| 411758 | 2005-12-11 11:51:00 | Well, the hdd was a slave on AUTO in the bios but i've taken it out of my pc for now. (I don't think i can even change AUTO...I have an HP BIOS) zqwerty:I'm definitely not gonna spend that kind of money...I'm still in high school :p .I've also heard alot about this hard drive freezing thing but I'm a bit sceptical, are you sure it'll work? |
mc2_mc2 (9410) | ||
| 411759 | 2005-12-11 11:58:00 | Read the link, quite a lot of people have had success with this. I think a few on this site have tried it with mixed results. Put the drive in a sealed plastic bag ie no moisture, then after cooling connect as a slave to an existing good system and try to copy the files you want to save. Apparently you can have a few goes at this. The worst thing you could do is to keep trying an already faulty drive and making the problem worse by not having a targeted approach. | zqwerty (97) | ||
| 411760 | 2005-12-11 12:22:00 | Here is a link to a pdf on the subject: www.hddrecovery.com.au Much the same as what has been said before but quite detailed. |
zqwerty (97) | ||
| 411761 | 2005-12-12 09:15:00 | nvm about the problem...the hdd works just fine. It was infact the cabling despite what I had said. I changed the cables and the hdd worked. Funny thing is the old cabling worked with a different hdd. Thanks for all the help!! :thumbs: |
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