I have stuck my old hard drive into the computer I am currently using, how do I get computer to recognise the hard drive, I have plugged in the spare power supply and a ribbon that was spare, but it has no impact on the system?
2006-07-04 11:25:42 · 9 answers · asked by kieranpoolstar 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
you will need to change to jumpers on the hard drive to make it a slave (see your documentation)
Then in manage computer go to disk management and search for new hardware.
2006-07-04 11:28:12 · answer #1 · answered by DC 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you are trying to get files from one to the other, unless they are very large and to save messing with the jumpers, the correct one that is, there are lots of jumpers and very tiny.
take the ribbon cable from your currrent hard drive and plug it into the old one, and dont forget the power, but the spare power will be ok, leave the other one in the current drive not need to plug it out.
now why don't you save the files to a cd or a dvd would be better as it is an old drive the chances are it is not large maybe 4 or 6Gb.
all that will fit on a dvd no prob.
then undo what you did above and back to normal drive, you can now input the dvd with all the contents of the old hard drive, much handier for future too, and you can format the old drive and put another o/s on it if you wanted to, or just extra storage, or keep just your music on it etc
2006-07-04 11:35:16 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Research (For hd installaation)
1) Master & Slave Drive Positions
2) IDE Cable
3) Drive Jumpers
4) Learn how to access your pcs "BIOS" (Usually a F# somethign key) There, you can tell your pc to look for another drive, or from which drive to boot from.
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On in your pc after what you think is a properly attached hard drive, "Device Manager". In xp, right click "My Computer" > Properties > "Hardware" tab. > "Device Manager".
Or research how to find your own "Device Manager".
There, find the part that lists disk drives. There, you should see yoru added drive alongside yoru current drive.
If its not there, you can also scan for new hardware. You should need no drivers for this drive....
In some situations,. drives will not work due to different file system, and file system compatability with the operating system which varies from 95, 98, and windowes xp.
An alternative is restoring your original settings, and uisomng cheap cdr's to burn all data you want to keep. Use that time to sort files and organize before burning, then easily transfer things that way.
Good luck
2006-07-04 11:29:50 · answer #3 · answered by kool_rock_ski_stickem 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think maybe your best best might be to copy the files you have from old system onto an external hard drive--have them backed up, then try to start "fresh" with a blank slate. Once you have all the software loaded, etc that you need, then copy the files over to the rebuilt system. Hopefully this is helpful. At any rate--the website posted below offers great prices on backup drives and other products, etc.
2006-07-04 11:38:01 · answer #4 · answered by Marcus 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
is it on a separate ribbon? make sure the jumpers on the drive are NOT set to "slave" (any other setting works).
If it's on the same ribbon as the other drive, set it as "slave".
Go into the BIOS. You do that by booting up, and when it says "Hit somekey to enter setup" you hit somekey. See where the drives are set and see if it has recognised the drive
That kind of thing works with IDE drives. Nowadays many computers ship with all kinds of modern things that I just can't be doing with. Can't help in that case!
2006-07-04 11:29:46 · answer #5 · answered by wild_eep 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'd both take the former hardchronic out and connect it interior your new workstation and take the information off that way, or use an IDE/SATA to USB adapter to plug on your previous hardchronic by USB and also you wont could open your new workstation up and deploy the HD that way, and also you dont could be stressful about jumpers even as utilizing it this way. As a computing gadget Tech i exploit this each and every of the time and that i love it, it hasn't ever enable me down.
2016-10-14 03:12:07 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You may also want to check to see if you need a driver for the hard drive that you installed onto the new computer.
2006-07-04 14:05:38 · answer #7 · answered by Christian93 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you will have to put the sec. HD to either a slave ( SL ) or cable select ( CS ), see you owners manual for you machine,,
2006-07-04 11:34:31 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
make sure you have the setting set to slave
2006-07-04 11:28:35 · answer #9 · answered by -:¦:-SKY-:¦:- 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋