HDD problem(Detection)

[blueshift]

Hi all,
I have been facing this problem with my (IDE)HDDs.
I have two 40GB Samsung and one recently purchased 160GB Seagate harddisks.

I connected 160GB hdd as Primary Master, 40GB hdd as Primary Slave and a DVD drive as a Secondary Master. I have successfully installed XPPro OS on the Seagate 160GB drive.

But when I again started the PC 2/3rd time, the boot gave me warning that S.M.A.R.T has detected a failure in your Samsung 40GB disk. Please immediately backup the data. I pressed F1 to continue and it started scanning for errors on the disk. It gave error something like 'Error reading part of sector 4509...'. I restarted then..but again it gives this error plus my 160 GB hdd was now undetected in BIOS. Please help. I need to get that hdd working. Whats the possibility to recover my data after suppose the bad sectors are present on HDD?

So finally I unplugged the Samsung 40GB disk and now it booted w/o problems. But I hear some noise in the Seagate hdd while running though I don't see any performance effect due to it. Is it normal?

Is the connecting cable at fault or my SMPS rating is low? or it is a problem with the HDD itself?

Configuration: Athlon XP 2400+, A7N-266VM mobo, 230V SMPS

 

[amandeep86]

Make 40 GB HDD Primary & 160 GB Slave.
This should solve your detection problem.
Use single jumper either on master or slave HDD. If needed, use in both.

What's the RPM of your 160 GB HDD?

 

[blueshift]

I will try that.
Seagate 160GB model is ST3160215A Barracuda 7200.10

Samsung 40GB SP0411N.

 

[coolsunny]

Try this..
go to bios.. then Boot>Hard disks ..select the 1st hard disk to that one on which the OS is installed.. & 2nd hard disk to the later one....save & exit.. inform me if it works...

 

[skghosh44]

I have old Zenith Pc SiS 630 MOBO with Celeron 850 Mhz processor with
Samsung 20 GB HDD. Recently it developed Bad Sector. Some times the system stops responding and a sound come out from the HDD something like
"tik tik tik.......". Therefore I decided to format the HDD and reinstalling the OS. When I start the job booting through Win XP CD and try to format the Drive C: Msg appear "Cannot continue Format, disk is damage, properly not connected etc.". I tried to format the Drive D: and it is formated. But when I tried to install the OS in D: Drive, it denied to install on that drive. it started formating Drive C: and within a sort time the msg again appears. After fighting whole day at eveing some how I install the OS. But when the system rebooted, msg appears as " /windows/system32/config/ file corrupt or missing system cannot continue, pl insert XP CD and during startup press r to repair."
As Now a Days 20 GB HDD is not available, I cannot replace the HDD. Therefore is there any way to install the OS with this defective HDD. Please
suggest?

 

[slugger]

sins it is a 20 GB hdd, it must be around 6 yrs old, also d sound u said u hear indicates that ur hdd may be exp sum sort of mecahnical failure

if this is the case then der is not much u can do

the maximum u cud try oing is 2 repatition d hdd and den makin 1 partition active, install d OS in dat partition, but i doubt dat it will solve ur problem completely, since i stongly believe dat ur hdd is facin d danger of imminent failure

buyin a new hdd is a safe option. if u not willin 2 spend much on this comp, u cud buy a 40GB hdd [still available] 4 around 1K

 

[skghosh44]

Yes my sys purchased on jan 2002. Will 40 gb support my system. If so, I doubt whether it is available in our area that is Tinsukia, Assam.

 

[slugger]

40 GB shud definitely b supported by ur mobo

u cud try searchin 4 it, or u may want 2 come 2 kolkata [if u can]

AFAIK hdd size wud not b restricted by mobo

so even if u decide 2 buy 160+ hdd it will b supported by ur mobo, just take cae 2 buy a PATA hdd and not SATA

after all dont dey use extremely old comps as NAS

 

[skghosh44]

Today enquire about the HDD. All the vendor have 80 GB one of them is Western Digital. Price is Rs.2000/-. The vendor said it will support any kind of mother board.
Shall I opt for this.

 

[blueshift]

Make 40 GB HDD Primary & 160 GB Slave.
This should solve your detection problem.
Use single jumper either on master or slave HDD. If needed, use in both.

This works now...but I cannot connect 160GB HDD alone as Prim. Master(undetected). Thats not much of an issue since anyhow i m going to use both HDDs.
I 've installed both XP(H) and Vista on my system. XP boots without any problem but Vista doesn't unless I disconnect the 40GB hdd.

 

[slugger]

Today enquire about the HDD. All the vendor have 80 GB one of them is Western Digital. Price is Rs.2000/-. The vendor said it will support any kind of mother board.
Shall I opt for this.

2000 4 a 80 GB HDD sounds kinda steep

4 2500-3000 u shud get a 250 GB SATA HDD

if i may suggest this thing,

buy a 250GB SATA HDD and also shell out 400 more to buy a
IDE -> SATA converter card

so 4 3000 u will have a 250 GB HDD
in d future wen u decide to assemble a new computer u can save money on a HDD sinc u already have an existing almost future-proof HDD



PS: if u dont get a IDE->SATA card, you can also buy a PCI->SATA card

 

[skghosh44]

2000 4 a 80 GB HDD sounds kinda steep

4 2500-3000 u shud get a 250 GB SATA HDD

if i may suggest this thing,

buy a 250GB SATA HDD and also shell out 400 more to buy a
IDE -> SATA converter card

so 4 3000 u will have a 250 GB HDD
in d future wen u decide to assemble a new computer u can save money on a HDD sinc u already have an existing almost future-proof HDD



PS: if u dont get a IDE->SATA card, you can also buy a PCI->SATA card

Thanks for your suggestion. One of my friend is trying to arrange one 40/80 gb for my system, so I am waiting for the same. Another question is the vendor of Kolkata as you said will despatch HDD through courier. If it is what will be the cost including courier charge.

 

[slugger]

vendors do ship hardware thru courier
u will have to transfer d money 2 der bank accounts

but weather dey do it in kolkata or not i'm not sure

y dont u post a message askin this in the thread all d kolkata digitians have started on this forum
sum 1 will tell u which dealer 2 contact and how much 4 courier