Hard drive problems

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by stickman, Mar 15, 2007.

  1. stickman

    stickman Private E-2

    I have 120gb hard drive. It will load in bios, but it will not operated as a primary drive or show up as a slave drive in My Computer. I have moved the jumper to all the different pins, the only thing it changes is the showing the drive in bios. I think the hard drive is toast. Thanks for any help.
     
    stickman, Mar 15, 2007
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  2. foogoo

    foogoo Major "foogoo" Geek

    So the drive is recognized in BIOS - correctly? ie.. master or slave on primary or secondary channel & like WD0800 (whatever the manfucture is) not just gobbleygook?

    Get the Ultimate Boot Cd and run the manufacture's diagnostics on it.. that will tell you if it is toast.
     
    foogoo, Mar 15, 2007
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  3. baklogic

    baklogic The Tinkerer

    Foogoo,s lead is very useful.

    Otherwise, look on majorgeeks downloads, for manufacturers support tools.
    or, hard isk manufacturers site
    The drive might need to be activated, or, partitioned.
    Try super fdisk on it
    http://majorgeeks.com/Super_Fdisk_d4985.html
     
    baklogic, Mar 15, 2007
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