Omfg...

GotMilk? · Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 6:55 pm Post subject: Omfg...

This stupid piece of crap hard drive isn't working.... I've got a PPA Int'l U-Storage external case, housing a Western Digital Caviar SE 7200rpm 80gig internal HD. When I first hooked it up, windows read it, I initialized it, started the format, it finishes and says that it was unsuccesully completed. Next thing I know, it's not showing up in device manager, it's not even showing it as connected. WTF is going on?

firefox_71 · Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 8:06 pm Post subject:

is it a USB hook-up?
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GotMilk? · Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 8:13 pm Post subject:

Si senior, forgot to mention that.

firefox_71 · Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 8:19 pm Post subject:

unplug it and restart your system, after it is restarted then plug it in....or have you tried that already?
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GotMilk? · Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 8:20 pm Post subject:

Tried it, 3 times. Sad

Could the failed format have done anything to it?

firefox_71 · Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 8:33 pm Post subject:

definitely Wink

did you format with that WD disk? Just try it again
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GotMilk? · Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 8:38 pm Post subject:

Actually no, the WD didin't come with a disc. OEM from newegg. :/ And I can't format it if it doesn't show up in disk management can I? (Not being smartalic, I seriously don't know, I'm a noob at this stuff)

firefox_71 · Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 8:42 pm Post subject:

let me go look for some stuff.....does it show up as a USB device in your device manager perhaps?
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GotMilk? · Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 8:45 pm Post subject:

K ty <3

firefox_71 · Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 8:48 pm Post subject:

also, do you have it jumpered to cable select?
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GotMilk? · Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 8:52 pm Post subject:

Hell if I know, I'm not even sure what you're talking about. <- noob

K9 Carlos · Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 9:14 pm Post subject:

GotMilk? wrote:

Hell if I know, I'm not even sure what you're talking about. <- noob

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ChrisT · Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 9:25 pm Post subject:

K9 Carlos wrote:

GotMilk? wrote:

Hell if I know, I'm not even sure what you're talking about. <- noob

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GG......
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Raed · Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 10:12 pm Post subject:

Wow you guys are a big help. Rolling Eyes

I agree though :p
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Wang Chung · Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 10:56 pm Post subject:

OK, hard drives that go on IDE cables need to know where teh fuck they are on the cable and what they do. The IDE protocol is very old and immensely shitty. Hard drives have 3 settings, MASTER, SLAVE, and the more modern CABLE SELECT.

Initially, one drive on the IDE cable was the master drive, and the other would be the slave. Eventually they came out with a nice feature called Cable Select which did all the work for you and CS didn't really give a shit. However, AFAIK, some companies still use Master/Slave even when they only have one drive on the fucking thing.

Sometimes, CS is not compatible with M/S, so you need to then fucking slice your arms off to find out what the first drive is, and then either adjust that to CS or just adjust the second drive to whatever the first drive isn't.
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