strange hard disk problem
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Topic: strange hard disk problem
Posted By: the boss
Subject: strange hard disk problem
Date Posted: 13 July 2005 at 6:58pm
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i plugged this hard disk into this computer and the hard disk is now destroyed.. doesnt spin.. neither recocnized
i plug in another hard disk and same problem.. im goin wacko here.. these two disks contains entire data of the manager.. very critical data!!  ------------- http://www.web2messenger.com/theboss"> 
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Posted By: dpyers
Date Posted: 13 July 2005 at 7:37pm
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Did you set it up in bios? Try a new ide/scsi cable, also check that the master/slave settings on the disks lineup with the appropriate plugs on the cable. If the disk/controller is scsi, make sure you have the scsi terminator set properly. If you can get it to work with that cable in another computer, the problems probably with your ide/scsi controller. ------------- 
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Posted By: Mart
Date Posted: 14 July 2005 at 3:34am
| If it doesn't spin and isn't recognized it could be a dodgy power cable couldn't it? |
Posted By: urko
Date Posted: 14 July 2005 at 4:03am
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All I had to do is change power cable and disc was running again! ------------- Urko |
Posted By: the boss
Date Posted: 14 July 2005 at 8:05am
no u ppl dont understand the trouble here.. the hard disk is blown and i am pretty much pissed off that any western digital hard disk plugged into this computer get blows.. god damn SIS chipsets! ------------- http://www.web2messenger.com/theboss">
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Posted By: huwnet
Date Posted: 14 July 2005 at 11:53am
| If it is really mission critical data remember that there are companys that can extract data from hard disks even if you think it is broken. |
Posted By: BoLt
Date Posted: 14 July 2005 at 11:56am
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Interesting...... If you remove the IDE lead to the hard drive and just connect the power you should on start up of the PC get a sound of something spinning inside. If you dont it may be the hard drive drive board in the drive has blown. If above ok and you get a sound like spinning check your BIOS to see it this is up to date as it may not recognize high capacity drives for that BIOS ver. Also check you have set the drive as Master or slave pending on what you are wanting to use it for. Ie on same IDE one drive must be master and other slave. If you have set say both to master the BIOS will get confused and wont see it. If ok in BIOS check to see if slave you have set a partition and formatted it if not you will not see the drive in windows. Also if a patron is set in NTFS and you are using a FAT ie windows 98 opsystem windows will not see it. In XP you will find in the control panel administrative tools and in this computer management. Look for disk management and form here you can check your disks status as well as set a patron and format. Note this is only of use if you can see the drive in the BIOS. The other tell tale to a drive being faulty is the BLACK hole in a chip where the silicon chip use to be due to being blown up big time. All in all the drive should spin up when power connected to it if not you have a dead drive. Hope this helps ------------- BoLt (Computer Engineer) I suffer from Dyslexia, it means I can not spell to well not that I am thick. www.welshlens.co.uk |
Posted By: the boss
Date Posted: 17 July 2005 at 4:36am
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nope the disk doesnt spin.. im the techy / admin here.. i figured out everything i could doo.. board is shot.. transplating the board from identical hard disk makes the disk spin and get reconized in bioz but after few seconds the disk power down.. board is not exactly the same or compatible.. i am familiar with hard disk problems anyway.. sending them to CBL today for recover.. all i know is that god glad the actual mechanism storing the data is fine.. only boards are shot which when replace with make them data recovery a breeze!! ------------- http://www.web2messenger.com/theboss">
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Posted By: BoLt
Date Posted: 18 July 2005 at 12:21pm
Best of luck hope all turns out ok  ------------- BoLt (Computer Engineer) I suffer from Dyslexia, it means I can not spell to well not that I am thick. www.welshlens.co.uk |