hard drive problem

TeeS · 08-23-2006, 03:23 PM

Hi,
does anyone know how to solve problem with my hard drives ? I bought new computer with SATA drive as a primary drive which is working fine. I have also older hard drive 120GB, when I connected it as a slave or master - My Computer doesn't see it. I have it in Device Manager and BISO but don't have access from My Computer.
motherboard - ASUS M2V
processor - AMD 64 X2

What is the problem ??
Thanks

**dragon2309** · 08-23-2006, 03:41 PM

Is the 120Gb drive actually formatted yet or not? Is it a brand new drive? For My Computer to see it and for it to be usable it must be formatted into a valid windows filesystem (either FAT32 of NTFS, i suggest NTFS). To do this open Contorl Panel go to "Administrative Tools", open "Computer Management", select "Disk Management". You should now see your 120gb drive in there, right click and select Format, follow on screen instructions form then on in.

dragon

TeeS · 08-23-2006, 03:47 PM

the old 120GB has NTFS file system and lot of valuable files. It cannot be reformatted.

**dragon2309** · 08-23-2006, 04:08 PM

ok, well, judging by the symptoms, i would say your 120Gb drive is either physically broken or is corrupt, can you test the drive in another computer?

dragon

TeeS · 08-23-2006, 04:10 PM

yes, i did it and is working fine. I don't understand, maybe I don't have a special drivers for my motherboard or processor ?? I don't know.

08-23-2006, 03:23 PM	#1 (permalink)
TeeS New Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 9	hard drive problem Hi, does anyone know how to solve problem with my hard drives ? I bought new computer with SATA drive as a primary drive which is working fine. I have also older hard drive 120GB, when I connected it as a slave or master - My Computer doesn't see it. I have it in Device Manager and BISO but don't have access from My Computer. motherboard - ASUS M2V processor - AMD 64 X2 What is the problem ?? Thanks

08-23-2006, 03:41 PM	#2 (permalink)
dragon2309 P.I Dragon Join Date: May 2005 Location: KENT, UK Age: 19 Posts: 8,333	Is the 120Gb drive actually formatted yet or not? Is it a brand new drive? For My Computer to see it and for it to be usable it must be formatted into a valid windows filesystem (either FAT32 of NTFS, i suggest NTFS). To do this open Contorl Panel go to "Administrative Tools", open "Computer Management", select "Disk Management". You should now see your 120gb drive in there, right click and select Format, follow on screen instructions form then on in. dragon __________________ Intel Core2Duo E6600 @ 3.1Ghz - (__CPU__) eVGA 680i SLi - (__MOB__) 4Gb Corsair Dominator DDR2-800 (4x1024Mb) - (__RAM__) 250Gb Western Digital SATAII 7200rpm - (__HDD__) nVidia BFG 8800GTS OC 320Mb - (__GFX__) LG DVD+/-RW 18x DVD-RAM - (__OPT__) Triple Boot - [XP Pro] + [Vista Ultimate] + [Ubuntu 7.10] - (__OS__) [3DMARK'03 :: 25,587] --- [3DMARK'05 :: 13,989] --- [3DMARK'06 :: 8791] - (__BENCHMARKS__) dragon2309.co.uk - a little slice of geek

08-23-2006, 04:08 PM	#4 (permalink)
dragon2309 P.I Dragon Join Date: May 2005 Location: KENT, UK Age: 19 Posts: 8,333	ok, well, judging by the symptoms, i would say your 120Gb drive is either physically broken or is corrupt, can you test the drive in another computer? dragon __________________ Intel Core2Duo E6600 @ 3.1Ghz - (__CPU__) eVGA 680i SLi - (__MOB__) 4Gb Corsair Dominator DDR2-800 (4x1024Mb) - (__RAM__) 250Gb Western Digital SATAII 7200rpm - (__HDD__) nVidia BFG 8800GTS OC 320Mb - (__GFX__) LG DVD+/-RW 18x DVD-RAM - (__OPT__) Triple Boot - [XP Pro] + [Vista Ultimate] + [Ubuntu 7.10] - (__OS__) [3DMARK'03 :: 25,587] --- [3DMARK'05 :: 13,989] --- [3DMARK'06 :: 8791] - (__BENCHMARKS__) dragon2309.co.uk - a little slice of geek

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08-23-2006, 03:47 PM	#3 (permalink)
TeeS New Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 9	the old 120GB has NTFS file system and lot of valuable files. It cannot be reformatted.

08-23-2006, 04:10 PM	#5 (permalink)
TeeS New Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 9	yes, i did it and is working fine. I don't understand, maybe I don't have a special drivers for my motherboard or processor ?? I don't know.