slave drive

danjufo · Feb 28, 2007, 02:15 PM

My friends drive has files he needs but his PC has died.

How can i take files from his HDD? if i connect it as a slave does it need a format? when i tried before it said' drive not formatted' i think i had the jumpers right.

Is there something i can do?

mkk · Feb 28, 2007, 06:50 PM

It should work right off if the drive itself is okay. But try connecting the drive alone to a single cable to make sure.

H3X4D3C1M4L · Mar 4, 2007, 09:01 PM

You can try booting a Knoppix liveCD, if Knoppix will recognize the drive that means that the hardware itself is OK. Then you can proceed to take an image of the drive, but you'll need somewhere to store it that has free space equal to the total size of the drive itself.

Dyre Straits · Mar 4, 2007, 09:19 PM

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Originally Posted by H3X4D3C1M4L

It will need a format if its a drand new totally blank drive

I'm sitting here shaking my head at this response. Did you even read the OP's comments? It's a HDD that has files on it that need to be retrieved. It's not a totally blank drive.

H3X4D3C1M4L · Mar 4, 2007, 09:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Dyre Straits

I'm sitting here shaking my head at this response. Did you even read the OP's comments? It's a HDD that has files on it that need to be retrieved. It's not a totally blank drive.

Don't shake too hard or your head will fall off

Dyre Straits · Mar 4, 2007, 09:31 PM

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Originally Posted by H3X4D3C1M4L

Don't shake too hard or your head will fall off

Check your PMs.

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Mar 4, 2007, 09:01 PM	#3
H3X4D3C1M4L DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 6,794 Rep Power: 0	You can try booting a Knoppix liveCD, if Knoppix will recognize the drive that means that the hardware itself is OK. Then you can proceed to take an image of the drive, but you'll need somewhere to store it that has free space equal to the total size of the drive itself. Last edited by H3X4D3C1M4L; Mar 4, 2007 at 09:21 PM.

Feb 28, 2007, 06:50 PM	#2
mkk Cthulhu/Dagon 2012 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Gefle, Sweden Posts: 4,383 Rep Power: 120 System Specs	It should work right off if the drive itself is okay. But try connecting the drive alone to a single cable to make sure.