Frozenfire
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I can see the HDD in BIOS, and according to my device manager it's working properly. But I cant see the partition in Windows Explorer. Basically, what I want is to access the files on the HDD and copy them to my other disc.
Heres some background information which may (or may not) be relevant:
The HDD is a Seagate Barracuda ATA V drive with 120 GB (model: ST3120024A).
My master disk is another Seagate running off the ATA-cable, while this HDD, along with the DVD-player runs off of the IDE-cable. Ive tried using a separate IDE cable for the HDD (there are two IDE-connectors on motherboard) with no success.
There is no jumpers set on this HDD, which according to the documentation should set it as master. However it is still my ATA-cabled disc that boots the system. (The only way to specifically set the HDD as slave is by a jumper setting to activate cable select.)
The IDE-connector was damaged with one pin slightly pushed in on my previous system. I remedied this by simply using a pair of pliers and pulling out again. When I switched this HDD into my current system it seems the PIN was pushed all the way in and even fell off. Im not sure how this came about as it was my borther who helped me build the system and it may even have been me breaking the pin while trying to access the HDD in the new system.
Ive had a new pin inserted and soldered on the right connector on the HDD controller card. Ive verified that there is an electrical connection between the two.
All my music is on that HDD... (I should have known better, but here I am...)
Heres some background information which may (or may not) be relevant:
The HDD is a Seagate Barracuda ATA V drive with 120 GB (model: ST3120024A).
My master disk is another Seagate running off the ATA-cable, while this HDD, along with the DVD-player runs off of the IDE-cable. Ive tried using a separate IDE cable for the HDD (there are two IDE-connectors on motherboard) with no success.
There is no jumpers set on this HDD, which according to the documentation should set it as master. However it is still my ATA-cabled disc that boots the system. (The only way to specifically set the HDD as slave is by a jumper setting to activate cable select.)
The IDE-connector was damaged with one pin slightly pushed in on my previous system. I remedied this by simply using a pair of pliers and pulling out again. When I switched this HDD into my current system it seems the PIN was pushed all the way in and even fell off. Im not sure how this came about as it was my borther who helped me build the system and it may even have been me breaking the pin while trying to access the HDD in the new system.
Ive had a new pin inserted and soldered on the right connector on the HDD controller card. Ive verified that there is an electrical connection between the two.
All my music is on that HDD... (I should have known better, but here I am...)