Dude! Big Problems: 2nd H.d. Is Missing -

[Roosh]

(Not sure if this belongs in Softwareworld or here)


http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/bo...essage.id=91611

Thanks very much for any input at all.


(EDIT: Btw, [after checking out the thread] Some details: the first culprit was the E-Donkey Temp Files Folder, and what was found to be corrupt during the 30% system scan was specifically one video file within the 2gig MTV Animated Spiderman torrent found on Suprnova & downloaded to a C-Drive folder using Azureus.)

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[Roosh]

Sorry 'bout that! It's been corrected.

[Roosh]

[lynx]

Is the drive listed in your bios? If your bios can't find it, then XP won't find it either. If that's the case, you need to check all the cables etc. If there's still no luck, it may be that the hd has actually failed.

[Roosh]

I entered the bios and saw that it is able to distinguish between an "IDE-HDD" & a "ARMD-HDD". I think that's a good sign, right? When I restarted, the OS still doesn't recognize the 2nd drive...

So it's there, but not recognized. What now?

[cwctv]

I entered the bios and saw that it is able to distinguish between an "IDE-HDD" & a "ARMD-HDD". I think that's a good sign, right? When I restarted, the OS still doesn't recognize the 2nd drive...

Not what you where asked if the drive cannot be seen in the bios then Windows OR any O/S won't find it. Go into the bios "del or whatever it is for your m/board" check to see if the drive is there to whatever it is Primary slave /Secondery master/slave,if you have a thing saying find harddrivers hit it to see if they (and cd's etc) can be picked up .Your real best bet is to put ALL h/drives on "auto" then you will find out as soon as you boot.
Double check that each drives jumpers are NOT the same if on the same cable.

[Roosh]

Just did another inspection in the BIOS:

IDE Controller..................[BOTH]

>Primary IDE Master.........[WDC WD75AA-75AA0 ]

>Primary IDE Slave..........[Not installed]

>Secondary IDE Master......[Maxtor RIGEL ]

>Secondary IDE Slave........[LG CD-RW CED-8080B ]


BOOT ORDER
>1st BOOT DEVICE.............[ATAPI CD-ROM]
>2nd BOOT DEVICE............[IDE-HDD]
>3rd BOOT DEVICE............[DISABLED]


BOOT CONFIG
>Plug & Play O/S...............[NO]
>Reset Config Data...........[NO]
>Numlock.........................[ON]

Does this explain anything for you?
Additional info at this thread if you feel like it:
http://www.xtremepccentral.com/forums/show...=&threadid=7615

Thanks again.

[Virtualbody1234]

Try the drive all by itself in the PC. Does the bios detect it?

Also in Windows XP try: Press Start>Control Panel>Administative tools>Computer Management>Disk Management.

Does the drive show up there? Tell us what you see.

[Roosh]

God, I've got so many different threads running on this in different forums - I forget what I've already mentioned and haven't...

In disk management, there is no sign of the C-Drive (2nd, secondary, slave, storage, 28.5gb drive, etc). A recovery program, "R-Studio" doesn't recognize it either.

Try the drive all by itself in the PC. Does the bios detect it?

Not sure what you mean. Do you mean, shut down, open the tower, unplug the master (if that's even possible), restart, get into the Bios & see if the secondary is detected?

Besides all of that, can someone explain what the inspection a couple of posts up confirms? Does the BIOS acknowledge that the 2nd drive is still there?