Niderlandsky
asked on
I need help with HDD no recognition
i have a 40gb seagate HDD (ST340016A)... two days ago i changed the normal jumper position(master) to a position that makes the HDD only 32gb large... i made this in order to be able to transfer some information to and old pc(amd k6II)and then i formated the seagate HDD... The format did not end correctly and since that moment no pc detects my Seagate HDD as a hdd properly...
and now when i connect the HDD in any position the bios doesn´t start well because it stops in the memory checking... but if i disconnect the HDD the bios starts all right....
please give me a hand on this....
thanks a lot!!
and now when i connect the HDD in any position the bios doesn´t start well because it stops in the memory checking... but if i disconnect the HDD the bios starts all right....
please give me a hand on this....
thanks a lot!!
if the HD's gurantee not yet expired, take it back to related store, and exhange one new. it may be the most straight forward way to solve.
ASKER CERTIFIED SOLUTION
membership
This solution is only available to members.
To access this solution, you must be a member of Experts Exchange.
SOLUTION
membership
This solution is only available to members.
To access this solution, you must be a member of Experts Exchange.
Hello Nider,
You have to change the jumpers back to master, as Smallbee has recommended, set the bios to auto for the detection of the harddrive and fdisk the drive after booting from a boot disk. Check the partitions, again as Smallbee has indicated. Delete all the partitions and then recreate a single partition. Let the BIOS determine what size it will recognize. Then format the drive and load the OS. If you want full capability ofthe harddrive and the BIOS does not recognize it, then download the upgrade to the BIOS.
:)
You have to change the jumpers back to master, as Smallbee has recommended, set the bios to auto for the detection of the harddrive and fdisk the drive after booting from a boot disk. Check the partitions, again as Smallbee has indicated. Delete all the partitions and then recreate a single partition. Let the BIOS determine what size it will recognize. Then format the drive and load the OS. If you want full capability ofthe harddrive and the BIOS does not recognize it, then download the upgrade to the BIOS.
:)
Once the jumpers are set, and formated, the jumpers are not designed to be changed. Certainly NOT recommended.
Just curious, was the old computer able to read any of the data?
Just curious, was the old computer able to read any of the data?
Niderlandsky,
No comment has been added lately (324 days), so it's time to clean up this TA.
I will leave a recommendation in the Cleanup topic area for this question:
RECOMMENDATION: split points between smallbee http:#8125524 and ShadowWarrior111 http:#8125831
Please leave any comments here within 7 days.
-- Please DO NOT accept this comment as an answer ! --
Thanks,
LucF
EE Cleanup Volunteer
No comment has been added lately (324 days), so it's time to clean up this TA.
I will leave a recommendation in the Cleanup topic area for this question:
RECOMMENDATION: split points between smallbee http:#8125524 and ShadowWarrior111 http:#8125831
Please leave any comments here within 7 days.
-- Please DO NOT accept this comment as an answer ! --
Thanks,
LucF
EE Cleanup Volunteer