Drive disappeared

[dratul]

2nd thing i also see the hard disk in Device Manager, but when i click on its property under volume it gives no information...i.e type: unknown, status: unreadable & other values  0.

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

Can you reinstall the drivers?

[rebel214]

try to go into disk management:

right click on My Computer

select Manage..

click on Disk Management

can you see your drive (e.g. Disk0, Disk1)?

[dratul]

Can you reinstall the drivers?

i reinstalled the driver in the device manager option, but no use. shall i download the driver from internet.

try to go into disk management:

right click on My Computer

select Manage..

click on Disk Management

can you see your drive (e.g. Disk0, Disk1)?

i can see only Disk 0 which is my working hard disk.

[rogerlewis]

I'm no expert either so i won't feel so foolish by asking a silly question, are the two hard drives on the same strap and both set as master? would that make a difference?

[rebel214]

i can see only Disk 0 which is my working hard disk.

is your hard disk an IDE drive?

if it is, try to connect it to IDE1 connector on your motherboard..(your working hard drive is probably plugged on IDE0 connector)..This drive will now be your Secondary Master (be sure you jumper set this drive as Master)

you must use separate IDE cable on this setup....

and be sure it is being detected on the BIOS Setup.....

let's see if this one's work.....Goodluck!

[dratul]

I'm no expert either so i won't feel so foolish by asking a silly question, are the two hard drives on the same strap and both set as master? would that make a difference?

both r connected by a single strap, but one is slave & other master..

[samcarney]

I'm no expert either so i won't feel so foolish by asking a silly question, are the two hard drives on the same strap and both set as master? would that make a difference?

both r connected by a single strap, but one is slave & other master..

yes it is normal for 2 hard drives to be on 1 IDE cable.  the next time you have your E drive out,check the pins where you plug the cables in and make sure none are broken on the hard drive.  this happened to me once, and had to play with a soldering gun to get data off of it.

also for kicks you could try reversing the drives on the cable, (swap which one plugs onto the end of cable) and see what you get.

[dratul]

is your hard disk an IDE drive?

if it is, try to connect it to IDE1 connector on your motherboard..(your working hard drive is probably plugged on IDE0 connector)..This drive will now be your Secondary Master (be sure you jumper set this drive as Master)

you must use separate IDE cable on this setup....

and be sure it is being detected on the BIOS Setup.....

let's see if this one's work.....Goodluck!
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Ya mine is IDE Drive. both r connected to a single strap. how to connect the disk to mother board by separate IDE cable?

[samcarney]

Ya mine is IDE Drive. both r connected to a single strap. how to connect the disk to mother board by separate IDE cable?

well first you have to find another IDE cable (the flat ribbon cable)
then if you look on the motherboard next to where your original cable plugs in, you will probably see another connector to plug in the "extra" ribbon cable.  Some motherboards try to cut corners and only give you one port so if you dont see an extra connection on the mainboard thats why.

[JJ 3000]

Ya mine is IDE Drive. both r connected to a single strap. how to connect the disk to mother board by separate IDE cable?

Your CD drive should also be connected to the motherboard by an IDE cable. Unplug the cable from the CD drive(s) and jumper your E drive to master. Now plug the cable from you CD drive into the hard drive. Make sure you plug the end connector(master) into the hard drive and not the middle connector(slave).

[dratul]

Before doing this I would like to tell that I used Seagate tool i.e. SeaTools to check the hard drive. It passed the Smart test but failed in Short drive self test(DST), long DST. Also Seagate told me to ship the hard disk to their lab where they charged 2200 USD.