Having Trouble Slaving a Laptop HD to Desktop PC

Jitter · Dec 23, 2004, 12:29 PM

I am trying to retrieve data off a laptop HD. The laptop died and the person doesnt really want to be bothered w/ it, but wants the info off the drive. I bought a 2.5" adapter to standard IDE, and am trying to slave the drive. I looked up the manual and checked out the jumper placements to slave it, but when i goto boot up I get disk boot failure, please insert system disk. It seems like my PC is trying to boot off the laptop HD instead of my regular HD. I have slaved regular HDs w/o a problem before so I am at a loss as to why this isnt working. Would anything else besides the PC trying to boot off the laptop drive give me the disk boot failure error? As soon as i disconnect the drive my PC boots up fine. I was thinking about trying the cable select jumper, but I am not exactly sure what that does.

Thanks for the help

Kevin

MiDKnYtE · Dec 23, 2004, 09:56 PM

don't use any jumpers. just connect the drive to the secondary ide on a cable by itself.

Jitter · Dec 24, 2004, 07:59 AM

The IDE cable my HD on is now has 2 connects for drives, and my other IDE cable has 2 connects for my CD and DVD drive. Are you saying to disconnect my CD or dvd drive, and just hook up the laptop HD to that w/o any jumpers? I will have to double check which cable is primary or secondary IDE.

Jitter · Dec 24, 2004, 09:19 AM

In think I tried every possible cable/jumper position w/o any luck. The drive constantly makes a whirring noise and a dull clikcing noise about every half second. The bios or windows isnt detcting it. I tried going into the bios and selected user type HDD and matched the heads/cylinders etc etc but that didnt work either. It seems like whichever IDE controller i put it on it fails. If I put it on my primary IDE channel as a slave i get a disk boot failure. If I put it on the secondary IDE as either a master or slave, my CD or dvd drive doesnt work but I can boot up. If I put it on the secondary IDE alone as a master or slave I can boot up, but the drive isnt getting detected.

MiDKnYtE · Dec 24, 2004, 11:13 AM

sounds like a bad drive.

Dec 23, 2004, 12:29 PM	#1
Jitter HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 534 Rep Power: 0	Having Trouble Slaving a Laptop HD to Desktop PC I am trying to retrieve data off a laptop HD. The laptop died and the person doesnt really want to be bothered w/ it, but wants the info off the drive. I bought a 2.5" adapter to standard IDE, and am trying to slave the drive. I looked up the manual and checked out the jumper placements to slave it, but when i goto boot up I get disk boot failure, please insert system disk. It seems like my PC is trying to boot off the laptop HD instead of my regular HD. I have slaved regular HDs w/o a problem before so I am at a loss as to why this isnt working. Would anything else besides the PC trying to boot off the laptop drive give me the disk boot failure error? As soon as i disconnect the drive my PC boots up fine. I was thinking about trying the cable select jumper, but I am not exactly sure what that does. Thanks for the help Kevin __________________ Sony Vaio PCV-RX670 P4 1.8ghz XP Pro SP2 1 GB PC2100 RAM ATI All in Wonder 9700 pro Audigy 2 ZS Aquamark ~29,500 3dMark03 ~ 5,000

Dec 24, 2004, 07:59 AM	Thread Starter #3
Jitter HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 534 Rep Power: 0	The IDE cable my HD on is now has 2 connects for drives, and my other IDE cable has 2 connects for my CD and DVD drive. Are you saying to disconnect my CD or dvd drive, and just hook up the laptop HD to that w/o any jumpers? I will have to double check which cable is primary or secondary IDE. __________________ Sony Vaio PCV-RX670 P4 1.8ghz XP Pro SP2 1 GB PC2100 RAM ATI All in Wonder 9700 pro Audigy 2 ZS Aquamark ~29,500 3dMark03 ~ 5,000

Dec 24, 2004, 09:19 AM	Thread Starter #4
Jitter HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 534 Rep Power: 0	In think I tried every possible cable/jumper position w/o any luck. The drive constantly makes a whirring noise and a dull clikcing noise about every half second. The bios or windows isnt detcting it. I tried going into the bios and selected user type HDD and matched the heads/cylinders etc etc but that didnt work either. It seems like whichever IDE controller i put it on it fails. If I put it on my primary IDE channel as a slave i get a disk boot failure. If I put it on the secondary IDE as either a master or slave, my CD or dvd drive doesnt work but I can boot up. If I put it on the secondary IDE alone as a master or slave I can boot up, but the drive isnt getting detected. __________________ Sony Vaio PCV-RX670 P4 1.8ghz XP Pro SP2 1 GB PC2100 RAM ATI All in Wonder 9700 pro Audigy 2 ZS Aquamark ~29,500 3dMark03 ~ 5,000

Dec 23, 2004, 09:56 PM	#2
MiDKnYtE Caffeine Machine Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Hell is empty. All the devils are here. Posts: 670 Rep Power: 0	don't use any jumpers. just connect the drive to the secondary ide on a cable by itself.

Dec 24, 2004, 11:13 AM	#5
MiDKnYtE Caffeine Machine Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Hell is empty. All the devils are here. Posts: 670 Rep Power: 0	sounds like a bad drive.