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jim.mar

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Second hard drive not recognised
« on: May 18, 2005, 12:59:58 PM »
A few days ago i disconnected my second hard drive because i was experiencing "freeze up" when i would try to open a file on the second drive.  This morning I opened up the machine and checked the jumpers.  They were set for master and slave.   I reset them both to CS enable after deciding that the cable was an ATA cable that could be used for that.      Then when I restarted tje machine it would not boot.   I went to BIOS and set the bboot sequence for drive 0 first then floppy, CD rom in that order.   After several tries, the machine finally booted.  But it will not recognise the second drive.  It is not on "my computer" or on the device manager.  I am running Windows XP Home ed.  Does anyone have any ideas???a   Thanks
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Computer_Commando

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Re: Second hard drive not recognised
« Reply #1 on: May 18, 2005, 01:35:10 PM »
Is 2nd drive (Drive 1) shown in BIOS?
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merlin_2

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Re: Second hard drive not recognised
« Reply #2 on: May 18, 2005, 02:46:25 PM »
Renew........ide cables...........run diagnostics on drives
run chdsk on both drives!!or if
maxtor.....seagate.........visit main  websites for diagnostic software........
« Last Edit: May 18, 2005, 02:47:32 PM by merlin_2 »
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Re: Second hard drive not recognised
« Reply #3 on: May 18, 2005, 07:51:22 PM »
Computer_Commando,  Thanks for the come back.  No the second drive does not show on BIOS

Merlin_2,  The ide cable is new, and, as the  master is Seagate, and the slave is Maxtor, I will do as you suggest.  Thank You
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hywaydave

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Re: Second hard drive not recognised
« Reply #4 on: May 18, 2005, 09:40:03 PM »
Have you tried placing the 2nd drive on the 2nd IDE controller and see if it's recognized there  ???
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Re: Second hard drive not recognised
« Reply #5 on: May 19, 2005, 07:28:45 AM »
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...No the second drive does not show on BIOS...The ide cable is new, and, as the  master is Seagate, and the slave is Maxtor...

If not showing in BIOS, Windows won't see it, diagnostics won't work.  Check cable, check jumper settings, check power to drive.  Then check it all again.
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Re: Second hard drive not recognised
« Reply #6 on: May 22, 2005, 09:28:56 AM »
Tried finding diagnostic software on SEagate and Mxtor with no luck.   I guess i don't know what ito look for.  Cables check out ok.    And no, I have not yet tried second IdE connector.  Both CD drives are on that and i am hesitant to mess with them.  
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Raptor

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Re: Second hard drive not recognised
« Reply #7 on: May 22, 2005, 09:34:50 AM »
1. Have you set your jumpers back to Master and Slave?
2. Have you properly inserted the IDE cables?

-- Not all IDE cables feature a missing pin.
-- The red stripe should be aligned with Pin 1 of the IDE connector.
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Re: Second hard drive not recognised
« Reply #8 on: May 22, 2005, 04:06:26 PM »
Which hard drive loaded ok!
« Last Edit: May 22, 2005, 04:06:42 PM by merlin_2 »
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Re: Second hard drive not recognised
« Reply #9 on: May 22, 2005, 07:42:10 PM »
Thank you all for your help and suggestions.   I went in again, not expecting to find anything ,   but,  I found a loose pin on the power connector to the second drive.  Hallelujia,  that was it.  Every thing is working ok now.  The drives are on CS select.    I do have a question though;   everytime i boot up, windows wants to run a chkdsk on both partitions of the second drive.   Anybody know what that is all about??   Thanks again, love this forum,,      jc
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Raptor

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Re: Second hard drive not recognised
« Reply #10 on: May 23, 2005, 07:24:40 AM »
Are you properly shutting down Windows?
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