Author Topic: Hard Drive Changed To Removable (Read 1567 times)

rekees · « **on:** April 14, 2008, 08:48:13 PM »

ive got 2 hard drives, c and f

for some reason, drive f has changed into a removable drive and now i cant access it unless i reformat it.. i cant reformat it because its got all my stuff on it like music, movies, work etc... i ahd this problem once and i managed to fix it through luck but now im realyl stuck... help please

brandon6199 · « **Reply #1 on:** April 14, 2008, 09:45:59 PM »

Go to Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer Management. Then click the Disk Management section under Storage.

What does it say there? printscreen it if you can.

rekees · « **Reply #2 on:** April 14, 2008, 10:19:11 PM »

i restarted my comp and then when it was loading it just kept saying something like cannot find operating system or something even though it was set as a slave and the cables are also plugged in as slave to the hard drive... i took out the hard drive (drive f) and now the comps working again except that its only got local disc c which is the main hard drive (master)

Turtle Boy · « **Reply #3 on:** April 14, 2008, 11:21:00 PM »

Okay, first of first you have the pins in the correct spot? on the 16 pin side or w/e NOT the 32mb side right? Also try setting it to secondary slave, not master slave. but that isent on all IDE drives.. If that doesent fix it check your pins and make sure none are bent or anything, my old harddrive had this problem and I had to get a pair of needlenose pliers and pull out and bend back a few pins, actually I even removed a pin, but it still works fine.

rekees · « **Reply #4 on:** April 14, 2008, 11:34:37 PM »

how do i change it to secondary slave?

Turtle Boy · « **Reply #5 on:** April 15, 2008, 12:55:49 AM »

Standard Jumper Settings
If you determine that your system does not support Cable Select or if you are uncertain, use
the following information to properly jumper your new Western Digital EIDE hard drive.
Note: Not all hard drive manufacturers use the same jumper configurations. If you are
installing your new Western Digital hard drive along with a non-Western Digital hard
drive, obtain jumper setting information from the original hard drive manufacturer.
Single Configuration
Single - Installing the new drive as the only drive in the system:
If installing your new Western Digital hard drive as the only IDE device on the cable, no
jumper shunt is necessary.
Master/Slave Configuration
To set up the Master/Slave configuration, one device on the cable must be jumpered as
Master (primary device) and the other jumpered as Slave (secondary device).
Master - Installing the new drive as the primary (bootable) drive:
If installing your new Western Digital hard drive as the Master drive on the cable with
two IDE devices, move the jumper shunt on the drive to pins 5 and 6. Configure the
jumper on the other IDE device as Slave.
Slave - Installing the new drive as the secondary drive:
If installing your new Western Digital hard drive as the secondary drive on the cable with
two IDE devices, move the jumper shunt on the drive to pins 3 and 4. If necessary,
configure the jumper on the other IDE device as Master.

Heres the whole PDF

rekees · « **Reply #6 on:** April 15, 2008, 05:59:00 AM »

i dont have a western digital drive, i got a seagate and hitachi, seagate is master and hitachi is slave

brandon6199 · « **Reply #7 on:** April 15, 2008, 11:24:02 PM »

its the same thing really...

Turtle Boy · « **Reply #8 on:** April 15, 2008, 11:51:33 PM »

Yea I dunno what else I can say.