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Title: Comp wont recognize hard drive
Post by: danielsan1969 on August 11, 2008, 02:55:58 AM: Ok my fiances main hard drive is screwed so we moved everything of importance to her secondary drive. So I took that drive out and put it in my computer and it is set to slave. I start up my comp and right click on my computer and go too manage, and it is showing the drive but not as an active drive. and when I right click it it only gives me the option to make it a basic disk or something I choose that but it tells me that it will erase all data on it which is not what I want too do. I just want to transfer the data too my comp and then use it too install windows on her comp. Is there a step i'm missing? We really don't have the money to buy another hard drive.
Title: Re: Comp wont recognize hard drive
Post by: Carbon Dudeoxide on August 11, 2008, 03:09:48 AM: You might need a second opinion here but I think the drive has become corrupt.

What happens when you Right Click it and go to Properties?

Also, what Operating Systems are on these drives?
Title: Re: Comp wont recognize hard drive
Post by: danielsan1969 on August 11, 2008, 03:17:01 AM: Sorry I'm using windows xp and I'm almost positive the drive is good since I have only had it a short while and it was only used for storage. and before her main drive went kaput it was working just fine as for what it says under properties I need to hook it up real quick and check. I'll post when I have done that.
Title: Re: Comp wont recognize hard drive
Post by: danielsan1969 on August 11, 2008, 03:43:25 AM: ok I took some screenie's here they are

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q92/scuzzlebut/1stscreen.jpg (http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q92/scuzzlebut/1stscreen.jpg)
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q92/scuzzlebut/2ndscreen.jpg (http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q92/scuzzlebut/2ndscreen.jpg)
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q92/scuzzlebut/3rdscreen.jpg (http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q92/scuzzlebut/3rdscreen.jpg)
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q92/scuzzlebut/4thscreen.jpg (http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q92/scuzzlebut/4thscreen.jpg)
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q92/scuzzlebut/5thscreen.jpg (http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q92/scuzzlebut/5thscreen.jpg)
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q92/scuzzlebut/6thscreen.jpg (http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q92/scuzzlebut/6thscreen.jpg)

I hope these help my problem out.
Title: Re: Comp wont recognize hard drive
Post by: Carbon Dudeoxide on August 11, 2008, 03:47:29 AM: I would first try to see if this drive works on another computer (if possible)

Then I would try to reinstall the drivers for the device.

However, we have to prepare for the worst.... :-\

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Ok my fiances main hard drive is screwed so we moved everything of importance to her secondary drive
This may help us here. Any ideas what happened?
Title: Re: Comp wont recognize hard drive
Post by: danielsan1969 on August 11, 2008, 04:06:29 AM: I don't know but it was running really slow and there were too many problems on it so I decided to reinstall windows on it so I reformatted it and then tried to install windows and then it kept getting shut down saying there is something wrong with the hard drive. So I hooked it up to my comp and ran a scan and the program I used said there was an error on the drive so here I am trying to get the other drive clean so I can use it to put windows on it.
Title: Re: Comp wont recognize hard drive
Post by: Carbon Dudeoxide on August 11, 2008, 04:11:38 AM: Quote
I decided to reinstall windows on it so I reformatted it and then tried to install windows
How did you format it?
Title: Re: Comp wont recognize hard drive
Post by: danielsan1969 on August 11, 2008, 04:19:15 AM: Not to be rude but I already know what is wrong with the other drive the one I am asking about has already been formatted and has data on it I just want to get the data off it. It seems if you look at my screenshots it will let me to convert it to a basic disk but that is not what I want. When I formatted the drive that I know is damaged I took out the other drive and formatted it alone. So really what I'm getting at is why do you want to know about my damaged drive? all I really know is it was formatted NTFS and when I first formatted the drive I am asking about that too was also formatted NTFS.
Title: Re: Comp wont recognize hard drive
Post by: Carbon Dudeoxide on August 11, 2008, 04:23:49 AM: Quote
I am asking about has already been formatted and has data on it I just want to get the data off it.
Wait, so we're trying to get the data off the drive you circled in your picture, right?

If you formatted the drive, then you have pretty much erased all the data.
Title: Re: Comp wont recognize hard drive
Post by: danielsan1969 on August 11, 2008, 04:44:25 AM: No I have not formatted that drive recently I formatted it when I first got it and never since I just want the data off it.

2 drives

1st drive had window xp on it now that drive is damaged

2nd drive circled in my screenshot only has files on it has not been recently formatted when I shut down her comp from windows for the last time the files were accesible I have not reformatted messed with the partitions or anything.
Title: Re: Comp wont recognize hard drive
Post by: Tai Sen on August 11, 2008, 12:06:33 PM: Well, is the disc drive an IDE hd or a Sata?
Title: Re: Comp wont recognize hard drive
Post by: danielsan1969 on August 11, 2008, 12:25:32 PM: Quote
Well, is the disc drive an IDE hd or a Sata?

I'm not sure. How can I find out?
Title: Re: Comp wont recognize hard drive
Post by: Tai Sen on August 11, 2008, 12:59:40 PM: Quote from: danielsan1969 on August 11, 2008, 12:25:32 PM
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Well, is the disc drive an IDE hd or a Sata?

I'm not sure. How can I find out?

look at the connector at the back. is it a big cable? or small?
Title: Re: Comp wont recognize hard drive
Post by: danielsan1969 on August 15, 2008, 12:36:23 AM: sorry for taking so long to repost but my power supply went down so i had to get a new one. the answer is its a big cable.