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Hardware => Hardware => Topic started by: squall_01 on April 30, 2008, 02:36:44 PM

Title: External Drive Problems
Post by: squall_01 on April 30, 2008, 02:36:44 PM: I'm tring to connect a western digital to a dell 4100 2k ver, but its not seeing the drive an is set as slave.
Title: Re: External Drive Problems
Post by: michaewlewis on April 30, 2008, 03:38:07 PM: You've been around long enough to know we need more info.....
what kind of drive (sata or ide)?
what kind of connection (usb 1 or 2, firewire, esata)?
how big is the drive?
how is it formatted (fat or ntfs)?
what OS?
Title: Re: External Drive Problems
Post by: squall_01 on April 30, 2008, 03:53:30 PM: IDE
USB not really sure
10.2 gb
cant format it
none
Title: Re: External Drive Problems
Post by: michaewlewis on April 30, 2008, 03:59:05 PM: so are you trying to boot with the drive hooked up to usb and install an os onto it? does your motherboard support usb boot devices?
Title: Re: External Drive Problems
Post by: squall_01 on April 30, 2008, 04:09:16 PM: Additonal Space
Title: Re: External Drive Problems
Post by: squall_01 on May 01, 2008, 06:32:02 PM: The 4100 has a maxtor
Title: Re: External Drive Problems
Post by: Aegis on May 01, 2008, 07:47:37 PM: IDE drive via USB? I would set it to master, or see if it has a setting for only drive. I'm not saying this right, so I apologize. Some drives have a jumper setting to choose if it is not going to be in a master / slave setup.
Title: Re: External Drive Problems
Post by: dahlarbear on May 02, 2008, 04:14:45 AM: I believe Western Digital IDE hard drives use "Master", "Slave", or "Single" jumper setting. Hmmm... He'd have to check the model number. It's possible "no jumper" might represent one of those modes.
Title: Re: External Drive Problems
Post by: squall_01 on May 02, 2008, 04:39:17 AM: WD102AA- 00ANA0
Title: Re: External Drive Problems
Post by: michaewlewis on May 02, 2008, 12:48:54 PM: can you check if the drive works plugge directly into an ide port on your pc?//
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Post by: squall_01 on May 02, 2008, 01:24:59 PM: pulled it from one
Title: Re: External Drive Problems
Post by: Aegis on May 02, 2008, 04:46:55 PM: All right -- I have a .gif image saved to a drive that I want to post here for this topic, and can't figure it out! ::)
Title: Re: External Drive Problems
Post by: squall_01 on May 03, 2008, 05:00:25 AM: Theres a link while you post that says Additonal Options, then a place to attach stuff.
Title: Re: External Drive Problems
Post by: quaxo on May 03, 2008, 11:21:09 AM: Did you try setting the jumper as "master" or "single" yet? That sounds to me like it is most likely your problem. That or the drive is old/dead. That model of drive was first manufactured around 2000 or 2001. Not sure when they quit making them, but that drive has to be at least 5 or 6 years old.
Title: Re: External Drive Problems
Post by: squall_01 on May 03, 2008, 05:59:51 PM: Yeah I did, I think so
Title: Re: External Drive Problems
Post by: quaxo on May 04, 2008, 12:13:18 AM: Quote from: squall_01 on May 03, 2008, 05:59:51 PM
Yeah I did, I think so

It wasn't a definitive answer, saying "I think so" means you think you did but you may not have. I was just asking for clarity.

Anyway, you seem to have gotten done whatever you needed to get done.
Title: Re: External Drive Problems
Post by: squall_01 on May 04, 2008, 03:52:04 AM: I'm getting no where cause I answered both parts of the post yes I did, the drive was made in 2000
Title: Re: External Drive Problems
Post by: squall_01 on May 04, 2008, 06:47:29 AM: Never mind I connected back to the orginal pc an format it after disconnecting both of the drives in it an was able to format it with maxblast.