Re: XP cant see 2nd drive

"JS" <@> wrote in message news:%23K2m3NCAJHA.524@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
With different drive manufactures the typical jumper settings for a Master with Slave may not work.
You may need to try several jumper combinations
Example: Set the Samsung jumper to Master and the Seagate jumper to Cable Select (CS).
If the above combination does not work check each drive's possible jumper configurations and
try a couple of configuration such as both drives set to "Cable Select" or other combos.

JS

"frankg" <frankgross@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:bb1a3002-c3ee-4873-ad26-76ca22b6e946@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On Aug 16, 5:24 pm, "JS" <@> wrote:
Are both drives (master and slave) made by the same manufacturer?
And if so by who?

JS

"franko" <knarfi.s...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

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> On Aug 16, 2:51 pm, "neil" <n...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> Assuming you have set the master/slave links in the right >> positions then
>> you
>> need to look at the drive using "disk managements". Right click >> "my
>> computer" and select "manage", In the left hand pane select disk
>> management
>> and see if the old drive is seen there. If it is then you can >> "explore"
>> from
>> there or allocate a drive letter.
>> If not then check the master/slave link again. What ribbon are >> you
>> connecting to, IDE0 or IDE1in other words the hard drive ribbon >> or the
>> CD/DVD ribbon. You would normally set the second drive as slave.

>> Neil"franko" <knarfi.s...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

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>> > My daughters old Dell 8200 desktop quit - we dont know what >> > happened
>> > but we suspect she left it on during a thunderstorm and perhaps >> > there
>> > was a tremendous jolt that the surge protector couldn't >> > handle - not
>> > sure though. The original symptom was 'it's dead' - no fan, no >> > hum, no
>> > beep, no led, no boot to bios, nothing at all...dead.

>> > My suspicion was the psuu so i connected a known good one which
>> > provided power to the mb (fan worked but still no beeps, no >> > booting,
>> > no anything). So then I reseated all the cards and all the >> > memory
>> > sticks. Nothing. I exchanged the display card. Nothing.Removed >> > the
>> > heatsink and reseated the cpu . Nothing.

>> > We accepted that the computer is probabbly toast but wanted to >> > try and
>> > recover some data

>> > Then I took the hard drive (an old 40gb ATA) out and installed >> > it in
>> > another computer as a second (slave) drive. It was tough to get >> > the
>> > machine to boot but I moved the master/slave jumpers around a >> > little
>> > on both hd 's and eventually got past the bios etc to Windows.

>> > * Problem
>> > is that this 2nd hard drive isnt seen by windows XP although it >> > IS
>> > seen in the Bios.

>> > I've tried via My Computer , Windows Explorer , device >> > manager). I
>> > guess usually one has to format it to be seen
>> > but of course I cant do that if 1.) i want the data and 2) >> > windows
>> > doesnt find it

>> > Is there a solution?
>> > Alternatively I thought of maybe buying an enclosure and trying >> > to
>> > read it via a USB connection as an external.

>> > Thanks for any help
>> > F

> Thanks Neil.
> I did try to find it in Disk management but it is not seen there
> either.
> It is connected on the same ribbon cable - it is daisy chained.
> The master/slave jumper pin settings must be ok because 1) when > they
> were in other positions the Bios couldnt see them as such and now > it
> does find both

No the master is Samsung and the slave is Seagate




Another possibility is to connect the old drive to a USB port, using a HDD "caddy". That way, you can boot the computer normally, without changing any settings on the primary drive.

When you insert the old drive in the caddy, follow the manufacturer's instructions. You will probably need to set the jumpers to Cable Select (or CS).

If the computer does not recognize the old drive (or cannot read any data from the drive) when it is connected via a USB caddy, then it may be "fried".

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