Hd does not work as master

[disaster area]

hd dose not work as master

my hd isnt working as a master and it dose not work as a slave the only place it registers it is in the bios how do i get the data off it?

 

[StormBringer]

We're going to need a little more info. Exactly what is it doing? Do you get any error when you try to boot? Or is this a storage drive? Is the drive detected at POST?

 

[disaster area]

the error i get while trying to boot is master hard disk fail and also when i set it as a slave it dosent respond

 

[StormBringer]

Have you tried checking the cables on the drive?

You can also try booting from a floppy or from CD and see if you can access the drive that way.

 

[disaster area]

yes i have checked the cables on the drive and i have also used the boot disk and the cd

 

[Hodsocks]

In cases like this the problem is usually either a failed drive or a problem with the disk partitioning. As it seems to be recognised by the bios I suspect it to be a partitioning problem, Have you tried one of the free disk checking utilities to test your make of hard disk?

 

[Soap]

have you checked the jumper on the hdd??

 

[Rick]

You haven't given us much information. What kind of system do you have? Is this a brand new drive or an old one worked previously? What happened that it no longer worked? What's the size and brand of the drive?

Please give us more info... ANYTHING you can think of that concerns your hard disk or IDE setup will help.

 

[disaster area]

my hd is a seagate barracuda ata 111 model st330620a 30gb

 

[Rick]

Your particular drive has muliple master settings possible.

Most likely, you have not set your jumpers correctly. Try setting your jumpers for master + non-ata slave, or try cable select. The master setting may not work properly on your system or in conjunction with your existing slave drive.

Have you tried the drive by itself as master on its own IDE channel?

 

[disaster area]

thanks for all your help guys i have fixed the problem special thanks for rick for suggesting to change it to a non-ata slave