hard drive trouble

Kaldar · Feb 15, 2006, 08:06 PM

ok so i had two extra WD IDE harddrives laying around a 120gb and a 80gb so i decided to go ahead and put them in becuase i actually NEEDED the space, so after i installed them and such i start up my pc and it only detects one but in the bios it detects both (or atleast i think it did), it only detects the 80gb one so i went under diskmanagement and still the 120gb was no where to be found... any help?

Matth · Feb 16, 2006, 04:19 PM

Sounds like either a master/slave issue, or BIOS support.

Are you sure both drives are good?

Now don't laugh, I fitted a drive in a USB box (drive of unknown condition), and it didn't spin up - I'd checked it was MASTER, so I thought, but the jumper list on the to showed the positions from the underside, so the jumper was completely wrong... correctly set, it spun up and worked.

OldBuzzard · Feb 16, 2006, 04:31 PM

Could be a cable issue too. You might want to try a different cable.

OH...and I know this sounds 'n00bish', but are you sure you plugged in the power connector too? I know I've done that more than once

Kaldar · Feb 16, 2006, 05:56 PM

well heres a bit of an update, i switched the two drives from the 80gb being master to being a slave and the 120gb to master instead of slave. like i said before, it detects everything in the bios, and now it detects everything in windows but heres one problem, i couldnt get it to be formatted, it kept on saying "cannot format drive" after it sits there for a while making no progress at all =/ what now?

Kaldar · Feb 16, 2006, 07:13 PM

oh and forgot to mention, it says something like hardware failed smart command or something at my start up, it also takes a really long time to start up my pc since i put in those hard drives.

Feb 15, 2006, 08:06 PM	#1
Kaldar DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 213 Rep Power: 0	hard drive trouble ok so i had two extra WD IDE harddrives laying around a 120gb and a 80gb so i decided to go ahead and put them in becuase i actually NEEDED the space, so after i installed them and such i start up my pc and it only detects one but in the bios it detects both (or atleast i think it did), it only detects the 80gb one so i went under diskmanagement and still the 120gb was no where to be found... any help? __________________ Operton 185 w/ Zalman CNPS9500 , Sapphire HD 4850, ABIT AT8, OC Z 700W PSU, Asus 16x DVD writer, 2GB Crucial pc3200 RAM, Xoxide X-Ventilator, WD800JDx2, MX500. 05 Mustang GT 5 Spd

Feb 16, 2006, 04:31 PM	#3
OldBuzzard DH's oldest Geek Join Date: May 2003 Location: Oberlin, OH Posts: 2,781 Rep Power: 142 System Specs	Could be a cable issue too. You might want to try a different cable. OH...and I know this sounds 'n00bish', but are you sure you plugged in the power connector too? I know I've done that more than once __________________ When looking for a reason as to why things go wrong, never rule out sheer STUPIDITY

Feb 16, 2006, 05:56 PM	Thread Starter #4
Kaldar DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 213 Rep Power: 0	well heres a bit of an update, i switched the two drives from the 80gb being master to being a slave and the 120gb to master instead of slave. like i said before, it detects everything in the bios, and now it detects everything in windows but heres one problem, i couldnt get it to be formatted, it kept on saying "cannot format drive" after it sits there for a while making no progress at all =/ what now? __________________ Operton 185 w/ Zalman CNPS9500 , Sapphire HD 4850, ABIT AT8, OC Z 700W PSU, Asus 16x DVD writer, 2GB Crucial pc3200 RAM, Xoxide X-Ventilator, WD800JDx2, MX500. 05 Mustang GT 5 Spd

Feb 16, 2006, 07:13 PM	Thread Starter #5
Kaldar DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 213 Rep Power: 0	oh and forgot to mention, it says something like hardware failed smart command or something at my start up, it also takes a really long time to start up my pc since i put in those hard drives. __________________ Operton 185 w/ Zalman CNPS9500 , Sapphire HD 4850, ABIT AT8, OC Z 700W PSU, Asus 16x DVD writer, 2GB Crucial pc3200 RAM, Xoxide X-Ventilator, WD800JDx2, MX500. 05 Mustang GT 5 Spd

Feb 16, 2006, 04:19 PM	#2
Matth Flash Banner Hater Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: UK Posts: 3,426 Rep Power: 93 System Specs	Sounds like either a master/slave issue, or BIOS support. Are you sure both drives are good? Now don't laugh, I fitted a drive in a USB box (drive of unknown condition), and it didn't spin up - I'd checked it was MASTER, so I thought, but the jumper list on the to showed the positions from the underside, so the jumper was completely wrong... correctly set, it spun up and worked.