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hd does not work as master

Discussion in 'Storage and Networking' started by disaster area, Oct 26, 2003.

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  1. disaster area Newcomer, in training

    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?
    disaster area, Oct 26, 2003
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  2. StormBringer Newcomer, in training

    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?
    StormBringer, Oct 26, 2003
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  3. disaster area Newcomer, in training

    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
    disaster area, Oct 26, 2003
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  4. StormBringer Newcomer, in training

    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.
    StormBringer, Oct 26, 2003
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  5. disaster area Newcomer, in training

    yes i have checked the cables on the drive and i have also used the boot disk and the cd
    disaster area, Oct 26, 2003
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  6. Hodsocks TechSpot Guru

    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?
    Hodsocks, Oct 26, 2003
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  7. Soap Newcomer, in training

    have you checked the jumper on the hdd??
    Soap, Oct 26, 2003
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  8. Rick TechSpot Staff

    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.
    Rick, Oct 26, 2003
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  9. disaster area Newcomer, in training

    my hd is a seagate barracuda ata 111 model st330620a 30gb
    disaster area, Oct 27, 2003
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  10. Rick TechSpot Staff

    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?
    Rick, Oct 27, 2003
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  11. disaster area Newcomer, in training

    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
    disaster area, Oct 28, 2003
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