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7.4

IDE HDD Not Recognized by Windows

Asked by valekhawke in Miscellaneous Hardware

Tags: erd, hdd, maxtor, recognize

I am pretty sure of the answer to this question but I wanted to throw it out there for any other suggestions. I have a Maxtor HDD that, when connected to the system, WinXP Pro, is recognized by the BIOS but not recognized in My Computer or Disk Management. I have refreshed MC and rescanned drives in DM countless times. I am certain the jumper settings are correct for the role of the drive. I have booted the system with ERD Commander and it is still not recognized in their Environment. I have removed the drive from the IDE Channel and connected it with a USB adapter. When I connect it with the USB adapter Windows recognizes the drive as being connected and identifies it correctly as a Maxtor Drive. The drive shows up in Device Manager with no bangs and Device Manager says that the drive is working properly. However, still no joy in My Computer or Disk Management. I can also "safely stop" the USB Device and Windows will tell me that it is now safe to remove the drive. Everything about this drive seems absolutely normal except that I cannot access the data that I need off of this drive. I accept that things have a mechanical life and that this drive has probably reached the end of its life cycle but it would seem that it would not show every sign of life or normalcy except not showing up in my computer or disk management. I have tried the same things on two different computers with the same results.
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