HD not working anymore

I took this 3 gig harddrive out of my old computer and tried to attack it to my XP, it didn't read it so then I put it back into my old computer and it doesnt work anymore, although it worked before I took it out, whats the problem?

Also I remember there was a boot password on that harddrive if that makes a diffrence.

 

It can mess up the mbr,of the hard drive.
If you try to use it as extra storage on the XP computer, you needed to change the jumpers to slave, on the back of the hard drive.
If it is a Maxtor, a tool from seagate support( who now have Maxt0r) might help to reset the drive.

 

You could try this freeware tool, that might just help recover it.

http://www.majorgeeks.com/iRecover_d2420.html

 

Oh, I didn't say that it also doesnt read in the bios. I also don't care about what is on the disk, I prefer if its formatted anyway I just want it to work so I can put it in my linux.

 

I would try this....Jumper it as slave (as Baklogic referred you) and put it in the XP machine (on same IDE channel as HDD best). Check in Windows if it is recognized (my computer, may be E drive). If not in My Computer, try run> type compmgmt.msc> in left pane click on disk management. You should see both drives and should be able to format, partition, ect.

 

It doesnt appear in the bios so windows won't be able to reconzie it

 

Oh I thought you said that you didn't say it doesn't appear in BIOS. I misinterpreted your statement. Sorry.

 

Ya, this is making me mad, its plugged into the computer and I can here it moving inside so its powered, and its conencted for sure, so I dont know what the problem is.

 

Is it jumpered correctly?

 

Some things....

1. Make certain molex cables are plugged in HDD securely.
2. Make certain HDD is jumpered to slave
3. Since it is a 3Gig HDD, it must be old. Considering that the cables you are using are probably the older 40 wire (40 pins not keyed like EIDE 80 wire (39 pin) cables). This makes it very easy to install the cables the wrong way. Make certain the cables are installed in the correct alignment. That is my best guess right now.

 

Ya its connected properly, although i'm using the newer cables that come with my xp, is that a problem or should I use the older ones?

 

I believe it would depend. If the device itself has 40 pins (not 39) then I am pretty certain that you need to use the old 40 pin cable, no the keyed 80 wire cable (with 39 pins). I am taking a guess that it uses EIDE cables (40 pin) just estimating its age. Why don't you give it a try with the old cables and attach it to the XP machine. Make certain they are fitted properly. This can be confusing because it was easy to misfit the older cables and that would cause BIOS to not recognize perhaps. I haven't dealt with those cables in a bit, but give it a try. Also, what make/model is your HDD?

 

If the HDD itself has 39 pins then the ATA 33/66/100/133 80 wire cable should do it. I am pretty certain that they are backwards compatible meaning that an ATA 100/133 cable would work in a ATA 33/66 device. That would mean your newer cable should be the one then.

 

Still didnt work. I dont understand how I could have wrecked it just by transfering it from one computer to the other.