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Answer» Hey guys,
Here is my problem. A friend of mine brought his 700GB Seagate SATA HD over to copy some files but we can't get the SATA HD to show up in the My Computer section. The hard drive is recognized in BIOS and even the Seagate Utility application for hard drives recognizes it but it won't add it unless I format it.
Is there a way of accessing the files without formating the drive? Any IDEAS? The SATA shows up as Third Primary Master hard drive in BIOS.
Mobo: ASUS P5P800S
Thanks in advance,
ultimatumHow is it being reported in Disk Management ? ?
Right clik My Computer...select Manage ....then Disk Management .
Right clik the drive and select PROPERTIES...Follow these:
1. Check the jumpers on the hard drive and the motherboard or controller card and check the cables.
2. Format it with a Windows or Linux cd. If you use a linux cd, format it with ntfs.
3. Also, check.device manager if it is shown. I had a simar problem but it was with W2K and a IDE drive.SATA drives do not normally have jumpers...Quote from: patio on July 17, 2009, 07:03:01 PM How is it being reported in Disk Management ? ?
Right clik My Computer...select Manage ....then Disk Management .
Right clik the drive and select Properties...
It has a yellow icon on it and the status is foreign. In the properties the disk is said to be working properly. I looked around and did "Import Foreign Disks" and it worked. Now it's visible in my computer with all the files there. Thank you for the lead.Quote from: neelchauhan on July 17, 2009, 08:18:14 PMFollow these:
1. Check the jumpers on the hard drive and the motherboard or controller card and check the cables.
2. Format it with a Windows or Linux cd. If you use a linux cd, format it with ntfs.
3. Also, check.device manager if it is shown. I had a simar problem but it was with W2K and a IDE drive.
I read about the jumpers and Win XP does not require jumpers. That's the thing I didn't want to format the drive because there is DATA on it, otherwise it would be much EASIER. Thanks though.
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