my new hard drive isnt recognized, i THINK

lovely? · 07-01-2007, 02:51 PM

ok i can go into the hardware wizard, everything looks fine there, it says my 80GB hard drive is recognized and working fine, but why cant i get files from it? it has no shortcut in my computer, search wont bring up any of the files i have on it, what do i do? (yes it is set to slave on the little pin things on the hd itself)

lovely? · 07-01-2007, 02:58 PM

wait wait wait i just read omegas post in another thread with the same problem called 'hc recognition' i followed his steps about partitioning and reformating and its working right now. its formatting, (really slowly, but at least i think its working)

**johnb35** · 07-01-2007, 04:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lovely?

wait wait wait i just read omegas post in another thread with the same problem called 'hc recognition' i followed his steps about partitioning and reformating and its working right now. its formatting, (really slowly, but at least i think its working)

If the drive is formatting you won't be able to bring up any files that were on it now. Formatting erases everything on the drive.

lovely? · 07-01-2007, 05:01 PM

yeah i know

**oscaryu1** · 07-01-2007, 05:10 PM

How are you formatting it? From My computer?

Is there anything important on the HDD?

lovely? · 07-01-2007, 05:43 PM

well now that its done, there is nothing important on it lol yea i formatted it from my computer. as far as i can tell, it seems to be working now

restore · 07-05-2007, 07:52 AM

To recover the data from inaccessible hard drive which requires formating can be done by using data recovery software. Try using Stellar Phoenix Windows Data recovery software a file and partition recovery utility which recovers the data from formatted hard drive, or data lost due to software malfunction, file/directory deletion, viruses or even sabotage.
To try the software download the demo version from: http://www.stellarinfo.com/partition-recovery.htm

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07-01-2007, 02:58 PM	#2 (permalink)
lovely? Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: California Age: 17 Posts: 4,988	wait wait wait i just read omegas post in another thread with the same problem called 'hc recognition' i followed his steps about partitioning and reformating and its working right now. its formatting, (really slowly, but at least i think its working) __________________ Core i5 750 @ 4.2ghz Gigabyte GA-P55-UD3R 2x2gb OCZ ddr3 1600mhz Corsair TX650w XFX GTX 260 Black ed. 2 500gb WD Black, 320gb WD Caviar Cooped up nicely in an Antec 900

07-01-2007, 05:01 PM	#4 (permalink)
lovely? Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: California Age: 17 Posts: 4,988	yeah i know __________________ Core i5 750 @ 4.2ghz Gigabyte GA-P55-UD3R 2x2gb OCZ ddr3 1600mhz Corsair TX650w XFX GTX 260 Black ed. 2 500gb WD Black, 320gb WD Caviar Cooped up nicely in an Antec 900

07-01-2007, 05:10 PM	#5 (permalink)
oscaryu1 Moderator Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Houston, Texas Age: 14 Posts: 10,640	How are you formatting it? From My computer? Is there anything important on the HDD? __________________ Q6600 P45-DS3R 2x 2GB AMPx DDR2-1066 CL5 Western Digital Caviar 8MB 160GB SATAII HIS Radeon HD4870 512MB PCI-E 2.0 w/ Zalman ZF1000 DVD Burner SATAII hec 600W Dual Rail PSU Gigabyte ATX Case

07-01-2007, 05:43 PM	#6 (permalink)
lovely? Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: California Age: 17 Posts: 4,988	well now that its done, there is nothing important on it lol yea i formatted it from my computer. as far as i can tell, it seems to be working now __________________ Core i5 750 @ 4.2ghz Gigabyte GA-P55-UD3R 2x2gb OCZ ddr3 1600mhz Corsair TX650w XFX GTX 260 Black ed. 2 500gb WD Black, 320gb WD Caviar Cooped up nicely in an Antec 900

07-05-2007, 07:52 AM	#7 (permalink)
restore New Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 2	To recover the data from inaccessible hard drive which requires formating can be done by using data recovery software. Try using Stellar Phoenix Windows Data recovery software a file and partition recovery utility which recovers the data from formatted hard drive, or data lost due to software malfunction, file/directory deletion, viruses or even sabotage. To try the software download the demo version from: http://www.stellarinfo.com/partition-recovery.htm __________________ Mark Your Presence

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