Sorry this is kind of long...
I was replacing a HDD with windows xp because i was having so many problems with it and couldn't solve them. So I put in a new HDD with windows xp freshly loaded onto it for running the computer. I previously had two HDDs in the computer, the second was strictly a storage HDD (cannot boot this HDD, all programs and startup was on the first-which i swapped out). Both are formatted to NTFS.
Now when I started up windows the computer would not recognize the old 2nd HDD that was for storage. I have important docs and files that I need from that HDD.
The first time I went to boot up the computer wouldn't even get past the "Press DEL to enter setup" screen. If I press DEL and enter the setup screen, in the CMOS the 1st HDD is detected and there is a bunch of nonsense/jibberish where the 2nd HDD would be listed- and auto-detect detect nothing. Switching around the jumpers I can get the computer to boot up normally, but the 2nd HDD still does not exist at all.
I have tried every possible cable/jumper variation, I have reset CMOS/BIOS. I have removed all power sources and unplugged the motherboard side of the IDE cable (80-wire) and discharged all internal current by pressing pwr button for 30 secs. I have tried running a System Suite rescue disk to read the HDD. I have loaded Linux to try and read the HDD, but in the end nothing!!
It is a Samsung HD300LD
300 GB/7200rpm/8M/PATA
currently running:
Windows XP Home Edition
2002 Version
Service Pack 2
AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2000+
1.66 GHz, 2.0 GB RAM
If anyone can help me get the information off of this Hard Drive I would greatly appreciate it!
Thanks
I was replacing a HDD with windows xp because i was having so many problems with it and couldn't solve them. So I put in a new HDD with windows xp freshly loaded onto it for running the computer. I previously had two HDDs in the computer, the second was strictly a storage HDD (cannot boot this HDD, all programs and startup was on the first-which i swapped out). Both are formatted to NTFS.
Now when I started up windows the computer would not recognize the old 2nd HDD that was for storage. I have important docs and files that I need from that HDD.
The first time I went to boot up the computer wouldn't even get past the "Press DEL to enter setup" screen. If I press DEL and enter the setup screen, in the CMOS the 1st HDD is detected and there is a bunch of nonsense/jibberish where the 2nd HDD would be listed- and auto-detect detect nothing. Switching around the jumpers I can get the computer to boot up normally, but the 2nd HDD still does not exist at all.
I have tried every possible cable/jumper variation, I have reset CMOS/BIOS. I have removed all power sources and unplugged the motherboard side of the IDE cable (80-wire) and discharged all internal current by pressing pwr button for 30 secs. I have tried running a System Suite rescue disk to read the HDD. I have loaded Linux to try and read the HDD, but in the end nothing!!
It is a Samsung HD300LD
300 GB/7200rpm/8M/PATA
currently running:
Windows XP Home Edition
2002 Version
Service Pack 2
AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2000+
1.66 GHz, 2.0 GB RAM
If anyone can help me get the information off of this Hard Drive I would greatly appreciate it!
Thanks