Where's my Hard Drive??

mallard · 16-03-2006, 09:25 PM

Had two 160 GB Hard drives running fine for past year - Yesterday re-formatted Primary Disc and re-loaded Windows XP.

Although Secondary is Visible in Bios, Windows doesn't recognise it - drive contains about 50GB of various files (Fat 32)

Can anyone help me retrieve these files??

Karanislove · 17-03-2006, 12:56 AM

Try using that drive in another computer~!

Karanislove · 17-03-2006, 01:06 AM

did you look into device manager?

megamaced · 17-03-2006, 12:04 PM

You may need to initialise the disk:

1)Right-click 'My Computer' and select 'Manage'. The will bring up the 'Computer Management' Console.

2) Down the right hand side you will see 'Disk Management'. Click on it to bring up the control applet.

3) Look towards the bottom of the window. You should see all of your hard drive and CD-ROM devices listed.

Can you see your slave device?

mallard · 18-03-2006, 10:07 AM

I can see my slave device but it says "unallocated"

I've managed to recover the files using "R-Studio" but i still want the drive active

megamaced · 18-03-2006, 09:10 PM

Go into Disk Management and find your slave device. Right click it and select 'initiate'. A wizard will commence.

mallard · 20-03-2006, 01:52 PM

Many Thanks Megamaced - It worked a treat !!!!

Any Sky Digital info required just mail me

16-03-2006, 09:25 PM	#1 (permalink) Top
mallard Geek Trainee Join Date: Mar 2006 Gender: Posts: 3 Status: Offline	Where's my Hard Drive?? Had two 160 GB Hard drives running fine for past year - Yesterday re-formatted Primary Disc and re-loaded Windows XP. Although Secondary is Visible in Bios, Windows doesn't recognise it - drive contains about 50GB of various files (Fat 32) Can anyone help me retrieve these files??

17-03-2006, 12:56 AM	#2 (permalink) Top
Karanislove It's D Grav80 Of Luv Join Date: Jan 2006 Age: 23 Male Posts: 3,460 Times Helpful: 160 My Mood: Cool Status: Offline My Computer	Try using that drive in another computer~! __________________ __________________________________________________ ___ Troubleshoot a Dead/Unbootable PC / Microsoft Events Viewer Troubleshoot Printer / Most Common Home Audio Problems_

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Karanislove It's D Grav80 Of Luv Join Date: Jan 2006 Age: 23 Male Posts: 3,460 Times Helpful: 160 My Mood: Cool Status: Offline My Computer	did you look into device manager? __________________ __________________________________________________ ___ Troubleshoot a Dead/Unbootable PC / Microsoft Events Viewer Troubleshoot Printer / Most Common Home Audio Problems_

17-03-2006, 12:04 PM	#4 (permalink) Top
megamaced Geek Geek Geek! Join Date: Nov 2005 Age: 24 Male Posts: 3,466 Times Helpful: 352 My Mood: Fine Status: Offline My Computer	You may need to initialise the disk: 1)Right-click 'My Computer' and select 'Manage'. The will bring up the 'Computer Management' Console. 2) Down the right hand side you will see 'Disk Management'. Click on it to bring up the control applet. 3) Look towards the bottom of the window. You should see all of your hard drive and CD-ROM devices listed. Can you see your slave device? __________________ "A computer is like air conditioning: it becomes useless when you open windows". ~Linus Torvalds

18-03-2006, 09:10 PM	#6 (permalink) Top
megamaced Geek Geek Geek! Join Date: Nov 2005 Age: 24 Male Posts: 3,466 Times Helpful: 352 My Mood: Fine Status: Offline My Computer	Go into Disk Management and find your slave device. Right click it and select 'initiate'. A wizard will commence. __________________ "A computer is like air conditioning: it becomes useless when you open windows". ~Linus Torvalds

18-03-2006, 10:07 AM	#5 (permalink) Top
mallard Geek Trainee Join Date: Mar 2006 Gender: Posts: 3 Status: Offline	I can see my slave device but it says "unallocated" I've managed to recover the files using "R-Studio" but i still want the drive active

20-03-2006, 01:52 PM	#7 (permalink) Top
mallard Geek Trainee Join Date: Mar 2006 Gender: Posts: 3 Status: Offline	Many Thanks Megamaced - It worked a treat !!!! Any Sky Digital info required just mail me

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