TimTaylor751647545500 Posted June 18, 2007 Report Share Posted June 18, 2007 Bought a new Presario SR5034X a little over a week ago and I'm having a minor issue that is causing me some frustration. I have an external 120 gig Western Digital HD which contains all of my media (pictures, music etc). This is an older IDE setup. I am attempting to connect the external via USB, but when the HD is powered up, the PC will not recognize it and I cannot access it. I've tried multiple USB ports on the PC and all are giving me the same results. Also, I've taken the HD to work and on both my work PC's, I get the same results as well (quiet Shawn). Any thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venture Guy Posted June 18, 2007 Report Share Posted June 18, 2007 Bought a new Presario SR5034X a little over a week ago and I'm having a minor issue that is causing me some frustration. I have an external 120 gig Western Digital HD which contains all of my media (pictures, music etc). This is an older IDE setup. I am attempting to connect the external via USB, but when the HD is powered up, the PC will not recognize it and I cannot access it. I've tried multiple USB ports on the PC and all are giving me the same results. Also, I've taken the HD to work and on both my work PC's, I get the same results as well (quiet Shawn). Any thoughts? 120 gig Western Digital HD you answered your own question....pos...buy a new one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimTaylor751647545500 Posted June 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2007 Again, I have years worth of family pictures and music on this HD, I bought a new one when I got my new PC. Any other suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87GT Posted June 18, 2007 Report Share Posted June 18, 2007 Can you take out the hard drive out of the USB encasement? If you can then hook it up to an IDE port in your computer. If it works then it is the USB encasement that doesn't work. Kinda simple, go find a screwdriver. See working on computers is much better then cars. All you need is a screwdriver and screws mainly =) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 78novaman Posted June 18, 2007 Report Share Posted June 18, 2007 Does it recognize the drive at all when plugged in? Is this just the hard drive out of your old computer and put into an external drive case? Just remove it from the enclosure and install it inside your new computer. If you are not a computer guru I should be able to get it all working and back up your data for a small fee. PM me if interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimTaylor751647545500 Posted June 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2007 Pulled the HD from the external case and plugged the IDE slave connection into the HD and booted the PC. BIOS stating that the data on the HD would need to be backed up due to immanent failure, but still couldn't access it. Going to give it to my brother to see if he can retrieve the files for me. Thanks for the free advice to those that offered it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87GT Posted June 18, 2007 Report Share Posted June 18, 2007 Pulled the HD from the external case and plugged the IDE slave connection into the HD and booted the PC. BIOS stating that the data on the HD would need to be backed up due to immanent failure, but still couldn't access it. Going to give it to my brother to see if he can retrieve the files for me. Thanks for the free advice to those that offered it. You changed the jumper on the hard drive to go into slave mode right? If you can get it to load windows and view the directories and files then I can get you a program. It is a slow program but it will try its hardest to pull data off it and put it on another hard drive. I use it on hard drives I have that have bad sectors. It works pretty well. Just let me know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimTaylor751647545500 Posted June 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2007 Yeah, it was set on slave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87GT Posted June 19, 2007 Report Share Posted June 19, 2007 Does it make any weird clicking sounds when it it powered on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimTaylor751647545500 Posted June 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2007 Na, nothing out of the ordinary which is quite puzzling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yamaha Posted June 19, 2007 Report Share Posted June 19, 2007 Out of curiosity did you check Western Digital's website for any device drivers? Try another computer perhaps to see if it will recognize it? Edit: Can you get the model number off of the external drive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimTaylor751647545500 Posted June 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2007 I'm at work now, I'll have to check it tomorrow, but thanks for the suggestion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akula Posted June 19, 2007 Report Share Posted June 19, 2007 Pre - Sorry - oh, they already said they were sorry. Seriously, does it work with another computer? What OS? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest saturn Posted June 19, 2007 Report Share Posted June 19, 2007 download "DFT" (drive fitness test) - works on most HDDs. http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/support/download.htm#DFT if it says something like error 0x72, your drive is toast. if not, it'll probably repair any problems and at least allow you to get the data from it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorne Posted June 19, 2007 Report Share Posted June 19, 2007 Did you check in Disk Manager make sure it was formated or defined with a drive letter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87GT Posted June 19, 2007 Report Share Posted June 19, 2007 He said BIOS wont read the disk. I don't think much else will work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorne Posted June 19, 2007 Report Share Posted June 19, 2007 Crap I missed that reply. Unless your willing to spend 1000$ + on data recover try this. Tim take the drive (I'm serious here). Put it about 18-24inches in the air above a table. Put the circuit board facing down. Drop it. then try and see if it spins up. Another thing you can try is finding a drive of the exact same model and remove the controller circuit from it and put it on your drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clifford Automotive Posted June 20, 2007 Report Share Posted June 20, 2007 instead of all the other bullshit. the first thing i would do is like stated before. go to the webpage make sure you arent missing a drive. i guess you just have to think back to when you bought it. did it come with a disc should be your question to yourself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGGU Posted June 20, 2007 Report Share Posted June 20, 2007 If your in the easton area stop by and ill check it out. i work at Staples as a easy technician. ill see what i can do for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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