Cant Detect Hdd

[martymas]

hi team ive had a hard drive given to me.that had been wiped which i didnt know of .

when i tried it in my sys.it says it cant detect any drive.

ive changed the plastic pin around ,but get the same message.

does this mean i need to use a floppy to get that data back on the hdd.

i intend to use it as a slave.

if i need to use a floppy what floppy win 98se ,me or xp

thanks

marty

[JSKY]

Try setting it as "Cable Select". Then unplug your other drives and just connect to new one up(set your pc to boot off of your CD or floppy) then boot with your setup disk in and see if it lets you format the new drive.

[mikex]

JSKY is on target. This way the machine is forced to find and set the HDD as master/slave.

Also post the specs of the hdd we may be able get the jumper settings and head/cylender info to set manually.

M

[martymas]

hi team i havent tried your fix yet.but im about to now my hdd specs

4,311 seagate

set at master drive.

.in your post you say to set it at cable select .

do i need to set the jumper pin at the same settings.

ive tried a floppy .to fdisk but once i set fdisk it says cant detect drive.

how ever ile try your cable select options

thanks

marty

[mikex]

yes HDD to cable select (CS).

M

[martymas]

hi team found the answer to my hdd problem

a funny smell was comming from it .and i presume it had manfunctionaled .

so once i hooked it up it was dead as a doornail.

sorry to put you through the ordeal of trying to help.

how ever i have another here .4.511hdd

so i need help.

i want to make this a slave drive .

so my Q is when i set the jumper to slave .

what connection do i connect to on the connection ide.?

is the end one the master drive? and the middle one the slave?

marty

[mikex]

Cable is middle for slave, end for master. On the HDDs it should say how to position the jumpers.

You are correct on the cable.

M