I have a Dell that had a hard drive failure -- I'd like to take the hard drive from that Dell and put it in my other Dell (as a slave drive) just to see if I can get to any of the files. (I tried disconnecting the CD-drive from Dell #2 and adding the failed drive from Dell #1 with those connections, but that didn't work -- I changed the jumpers so they looked like Slave in the diagram, but maybe that wasn't right?) I just want to try to grab a few files from the failed drive. Help!? Thanks.
2007-05-04 12:13:14 · 4 answers · asked by Twinkle B 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
The error message was "unmountable boot drive" -- from what I've read with other people having a similar problem, even though the drive isn't booting, I might be able to get access to it (so it's not a failure necessarily, just a complication?). Let's say the drive is okay -- how do I make the connection to get it recognized in Dell#2? Is the way I connected it (using the two connectors that were going into the CD-drive) the right way? What do I need to do on Dell#2 (in a control panel or something?) to get it to realize there's a drive there to be shown? Thanks.
2007-05-04 12:23:58 · update #1
Got it to work. Got the drive recognized, saved some of the info, then did a chkdsk and was able to save the drive (probably lost some info, but not the majority). Thanks all.
2007-05-12 10:17:26 · update #2
If it's unmountable it would be a real bear to recover the files. The kind of thing a lab would have to do for a whole lot of money. The partition information is bad and no at home file recovery software is going to help.
2007-05-04 13:56:34 · answer #1 · answered by Nomadd 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe you hard drive has already died. It sounds like you have set the jumpers correctly. You might try disconnecting the good drive and try just running the drive in question. You may have to reset the jumper to either master or cable select. Just to double check it is in fact the HD that is bad. Is it clicking loudly or freezing the other drive up when you start the PC?
There are programs out there that will recover you data, but they are costly and there are no guarantees that you will find the data you are looking for. Pictures and music often is recovered, but very fragmented.
Next I would suggest calling DELL and see what they say. They can also tell you if the bad drive is under warranty or not.
Good luck...
2007-05-12 09:50:45 · answer #2 · answered by purplehaze57 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the HDD actually failed, you are beating a dead horse. Sounds like you already did what needed to be done, but not successfully.
2007-05-04 12:19:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Call help desk
2007-05-06 23:25:29 · answer #4 · answered by Smart 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋