2.5" Hdd ?

ZekeThecat · 12-11-2007, 12:52 AM

I’ve recently bought a USB 2.5” HDD box to use with the hard drive from my old defunct Toshiba (w/XP) laptop. I want to extract my personal files that , hopefully are still accessible and put them into my new Acer laptop w/XP. The instructions says that the old hard drive needs to be set to “master mode” - I’m not sure what this means or how to do it ? Any ideas on what I’m doing wrong ?

I’ve tried using the HDD with my new laptop. It detects the hard drive but it doesn’t show up when you click on My Computer , so no access to it’s files..

The HDD circuit board plugs into the old Toshiba hard drive pins OK but there are 4 additional separate pins left doing nothing - not sure if that means anything.
Thanks for any help or info.

**The_Other_One** · 12-11-2007, 12:57 AM

Right Click my computer, go to Manage, then disk management. See if the drive shows up there. If so, right-click it and assign a drive letter to it.

ZekeThecat · 12-11-2007, 05:28 PM

I tried it but didn't find it listed under disk management. Thanks for the help and info.

**The_Other_One** · 12-11-2007, 09:44 PM

Can you try the drive in another machine/laptop or in another enclosure? I have an external enclosure that sometimes doesn't work right off with some drives.

12-11-2007, 12:52 AM	#1 (permalink)
ZekeThecat New Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 3	2.5" Hdd ? I’ve recently bought a USB 2.5” HDD box to use with the hard drive from my old defunct Toshiba (w/XP) laptop. I want to extract my personal files that , hopefully are still accessible and put them into my new Acer laptop w/XP. The instructions says that the old hard drive needs to be set to “master mode” - I’m not sure what this means or how to do it ? Any ideas on what I’m doing wrong ? I’ve tried using the HDD with my new laptop. It detects the hard drive but it doesn’t show up when you click on My Computer , so no access to it’s files.. The HDD circuit board plugs into the old Toshiba hard drive pins OK but there are 4 additional separate pins left doing nothing - not sure if that means anything. Thanks for any help or info.

12-11-2007, 12:57 AM	#2 (permalink)
The_Other_One Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lexington, NC Age: 25 Posts: 13,430	Right Click my computer, go to Manage, then disk management. See if the drive shows up there. If so, right-click it and assign a drive letter to it. __________________ Primary- i7 920 \| 6GB RAM \| 9800GT \| 160+160+500GB Secondary- Athlon X2 4200 \| 2GB RAM \| 7600GT \| 80+250GB Netbook - Atom N280 \| 2GB RAM \| GMA945\| 160GB

12-11-2007, 09:44 PM	#4 (permalink)
The_Other_One Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lexington, NC Age: 25 Posts: 13,430	Can you try the drive in another machine/laptop or in another enclosure? I have an external enclosure that sometimes doesn't work right off with some drives. __________________ Primary- i7 920 \| 6GB RAM \| 9800GT \| 160+160+500GB Secondary- Athlon X2 4200 \| 2GB RAM \| 7600GT \| 80+250GB Netbook - Atom N280 \| 2GB RAM \| GMA945\| 160GB

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12-11-2007, 05:28 PM	#3 (permalink)
ZekeThecat New Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 3	I tried it but didn't find it listed under disk management. Thanks for the help and info.