My 80 Gb baracauda 7200 rpm ATA disk has stopped working. I was using it as a slave drive, (The primary disk being the identical one). Now, the problem is :
1. The Slave drive appears in BIOS but not in My Computer
2. While booting with both drives attached ( primary and slave), it takes too long 20 Mins, ( during which the WINDOWS XP Professional logo in black background-with scrolling bars appears )
When I disconnect the power cable with Slave drive, and re-start, booting takes place normally.
Can you tell me What's the problem and how to solve it ? How can I revive that slave drive ?
PS - The device manager unable to show the problem, the drives are proper, the ide cable is working.
2006-10-30 18:25:55 · 7 answers · asked by James 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
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2006-10-30 18:29:03 · update #1
It is possible that your drive has physical problems (for example there is a problem with the circuit board on the drive). If this is the case then you would need to send the drive to a hardware recovery service.
However, many data loss problems can be fixed using data recovery software. I suggest you try Recover My Files from www.recovermyfiles.com. This software will allow you to see and search the "physical drive". In your case I would suggest that you start with the Format Recover search options.
If you are able to see your data then I suggest that you get it of this drive asap as the drive may continue to degrade over time.
2006-11-02 04:28:43 · answer #1 · answered by GDH 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
obviously, you are able to wish some software to attempt this. in the intervening time, pls be conscious the following. a million. not had to have an finished test. loose or paid files restore software , all of them can study the listing structure branch till now scanning and effectively searching deleted document, in accordance to the deletion mark. 2. Use document format clear out. 3. Ingeniously manage scanning scope. It facilitates to reduce the scanning time period. 4.not in any respect format the puzzling disk or something genuinely. 5. Use NTFS partition format. safer and swifter scanning speed. 6. not in any respect genuinely attempt fragmentation.
2016-12-05 09:39:03 · answer #2 · answered by mento 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you must check the following:
1. Data Cables
2. if you connect the slave harddisk alone like master or slave, will it take 20 minutes also to boot!?
3. Go to seagate website, download some fixing tools and try them.
4. download getdataback software, and run it, it will recover the data,
2006-10-30 20:26:19 · answer #3 · answered by Wish Master 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Steve Gibson of Gibson Research Corporation makes a program called "SpinRite" that has often worked wonders to retrieve information from a defective hard drive. It's available at their home page to read about and download. It's not free, but it may be worthwhile for you. See the below link.
2006-10-30 18:37:11 · answer #4 · answered by Jolly 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You require harddisk recovery tools to probe your hard disk . You can try for them in seagate web page ( because yours is a seagate hard disk) or in the internet and download the tools and then check your hard disk. If you feel all this is very difficult then contact any software /hardware engineer who will do the same for you.
2006-10-30 18:31:59 · answer #5 · answered by ssmindia 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check the data Cable.
2006-10-30 18:34:02 · answer #6 · answered by rahamathul s 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋