HDD wont recognize

ToggleHead · TWEAKGURU Joined: 03 Mar 2004 Posts: 4360 Location: Jersey

so i bought a used WD 200gb drive...and im well aware that it might have died in transit.....

however.....BIOS sees it...then tells me "Pri Slave Failure, Hit F1 to continue."

cant see it in windows, or FDisk...

now what?
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HoseB · SirTweaksabit Joined: 03 Oct 2003 Posts: 260

Because I often switch HDs for backing up, I often have the situation where the BIOS recognizes both drives but Windows does not recognize the Primary Slave.

However, if the BIOS says "failure", I'd make sure the cables and controller were OK. Otherwise, I think you might be out of luck.

ToggleHead · TWEAKGURU Joined: 03 Mar 2004 Posts: 4360 Location: Jersey

hmm...yeah cables are good...i tried two....and i know the jumpers are good....

grrrrr
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Xal · Posted: Sat Jun 03, 2006 3:29 pm Post subject:

Try hooking it up as master on your second channel and set the jumpers accordingly. If it still won't work try it in a different PC. If all that fails then it probably died Confused

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ToggleHead · TWEAKGURU Joined: 03 Mar 2004 Posts: 4360 Location: Jersey

good idea....i just didnt want to go removing all sorts of optical drives...lol

yeah ill give that a shot...thanks
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Xal · Posted: Sun Jun 04, 2006 12:55 pm Post subject:

No problem

Let us know if it worked out for you.
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ToggleHead · TWEAKGURU Joined: 03 Mar 2004 Posts: 4360 Location: Jersey

well i had derived the drive was borked.....i plugged it in on one of my work machines, and the thing just clicked at me a lot......

so i get the notion......well its broken already...why not fix it....=D
i dissect the drive....clean things off....look around at it.....blow it out with air....reassemble it...and it works.....

...sorta

It only registers as an 18.60 GB drive....same as the used space on the Master drive on that IDE channel.....get me?

....odd....think its a fluke, and i shouldnt bother?
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ToggleHead · TWEAKGURU Joined: 03 Mar 2004 Posts: 4360 Location: Jersey

UPDATE!!!!

Ok...so i got impatient, and put the drive into my main machine. Booted up, and guess what, BOIS still recognizes it.....

...however.....windows still does not....nor disk mngt...nor the WD Utility.....

...ees kaput?
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ToggleHead · TWEAKGURU Joined: 03 Mar 2004 Posts: 4360 Location: Jersey

nobody?
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2old2care · Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 7:17 pm Post subject:

I vote....

BORKED

Sorry TH
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ToggleHead · TWEAKGURU Joined: 03 Mar 2004 Posts: 4360 Location: Jersey

LOL....no its cool.....no big deal....just wanted to be able to say i successfully rebuilt a HDD....

....yup, i knew it was too good to be true...lol
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