Hard Drive Problems

[derekbannatyne]

I was recently having trouble with my computer not posting (it was the memory), but in my attempt to fix it I disconnected the hard drives, and now both of them aren't working (80gb and 120gb IDE). I can't get them to work connected to the IDE cable internally or in an external case (which works for another drive). Any suggestions? I want to be able to get the information off of them and then format them. Thanks!

 

[cburwell]

You said you tried them in external cases as well (such as a USB enclosure). If you put them an a USB enclosure, will another computer recognize them?

You say you can't get them to work. Can you elaborate on that? Are they recognized by your BIOS?

 

[derekbannatyne]

I just tried it on a laptop; it recognizes the drive in windows under the device manager, but it says, "No drivers are installed for this device." I can't see the drive under My Computer either. And yes, the BIOS recognizes them but it won't boot them and lists a MAC address, so I'm assuming it's trying to boot from the LAN since it can't use the DVD-ROM or the hard drives.

It also lists two other error messages:
PXE-E53: No boot filename received
PXE-MDF: Exiting Nvidia Boot Agent

Not sure how (if they are) related to this issue.

Thanks for the help!

 

[derekbannatyne]

Wow, just discovered the problem. Somehow, pins on BOTH of the hard drives managed to get ripped off! I managed to jerry-rig one of the drives, and I'm getting the information off. Hopefully I can do the same to the other and somehow solder the pins back on.