hdd not showing..!

[magneticme200]

guys i hv big problem...
i have two hddrives one samsung and one seagate
samsung 40gb
seagate 80gb

samsung has the main c:\ drive and all essential things installed
seagate has all the media
bt now in my computer the seagate drive is nt showing
while the samsung drive is working all fine

in the bios menu both are showing
bt in device manager only samsung is thre
i want it back nehw
pls tell me wat to do???

 

[ThinkFree]

Make sure that the hdd is formatted as FAT32/NTFS. IS it visible in disk management ?

 

[chicha]

i had a similar problem.
what did you do last?
was there any BSOD?

you said its showing in bios then the HDD.
Plug out the HDD and then run the pc, the next time you restart connect this HDD.

when it happend to me it was IDE's fault, try changing it.
and also connect this hard disk on some other system to check if its working.
or simply disscount the other hard disk and connect the one with the problem.

 

[magneticme200]

my chip is 845...it has two ide cable slots...
one had my dvd rom and one had both the hard drives

this setup ws wrkng fine fr a year or so bt today i faced the problem which i hv already stated in the first post

now i hav discnnctd the dvd rom fr a while and connected both the drives with diffrnt slots...its wrking fine ryt nw

bt as soon as i connect any two things( HDD1 HDD2, HDD1 DVD-ROM, HDD2 DVD ROM) into one slot, only one of thm doesnt get detected...

help..!

 

[chicha]

try changing the IDE, some times it happens like that.
i once changed a HDD and the same problem occured.

On a IDE there is a perticular end which goes to the mobo. the other end is usually for the master and the one in the middle is for slave.
please correct me if i am wrong.

get this combination. it should work.

 

[ravi_9793]

can U see ur hard disk as raw in disk management??

 

[gaurav_indian]

I had the same problem last week.But i have backed up my data.
Try to remove the data cable and then plug it again.It worked for me.

 

[New]

Try to format the whole HDD using UBCD.I had same problem with seagate 160Gb HDD..

 

[magneticme200]

no it nt showing in the disk management anyways..!!



i dnt think thre is a problem with my hard disk coz it is working fine when connected with a diff ide cable...the problem is, i think, only with my ide cable


i ll try and changng it

the hardware shop is lil too far and dnt think i ll b able to get it in some days
the problm im facing ryt nw is tht, i have connctd both the hard drives with diffrnt ide s, i think thre has to a change in the jumper setting of the hard drives coz nw whn i switch on my computer sometimes it restarts automatically and till the time it is keeps running....all my running applications one by one start showing "illegal operation error.."

pls suggest an appropriate jumper setting fr my setup

thnks in advance

manan

 

[raja2281]

no it nt showing in the disk management anyways..!!



i dnt think thre is a problem with my hard disk coz it is working fine when connected with a diff ide cable...the problem is, i think, only with my ide cable


i ll try and changng it

the hardware shop is lil too far and dnt think i ll b able to get it in some days
the problm im facing ryt nw is tht, i have connctd both the hard drives with diffrnt ide s, i think thre has to a change in the jumper setting of the hard drives coz nw whn i switch on my computer sometimes it restarts automatically and till the time it is keeps running....all my running applications one by one start showing "illegal operation error.."

pls suggest an appropriate jumper setting fr my setup

thnks in advance

manan

the hdd which has ur windows i.e. samsung would be master and the other one as slave.for the master and slave jumper settings check the individual hdd where u would find the drawing of jumpers on the top of the hdd.

 

[j1n M@tt]

hey friend,sometimes d HDD may be disabled from ur OS somehow.

Check this in ur Device manager......if it is, enable it.


I had once faced this problem....err....It was some kinda virus

 

[dOm1naTOr]

swap the ide cable of ur DVD rom nd HDD. In that case u both HDD shud work.
COnnect the workin pins of the second cable[used with HDD] to the DVD rom.

Get a new cable when u go to shop later.

 

[magneticme200]

is it also tht if the jumper settings are nt correct thn the computer will start bt the apps will show illegal operation and all???
coz this is wat is happnng.
im nt starting my pc till the time im gonna get a new cable coz im scared....im ryt nw operating frm my lappy...