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StillMatic · 08-23-2007, 06:57 PM

I had an IDE HDD and converted it to an external with the case. The first time I plugged it up it worked fine. I could access all the files on it. It's a 120 gig Maxtor. It holds like 80 gigs of music and about 10 gigs of PSP games, with the rest of the space being random things I created in Photoshop. The problem is now when I hook it up and turn it on, It just says Local Disc H and Local Disc I. Before it said Multimedia H and Albums I. I have tried all kinds of data recovery software and they could not even read the drives. I have changed the jumper settings numerous time to no avail. Does anyone have any idea what I am doing wrong? I would hate to have to format the drive and lose all of my data. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Much thanks in advance.

08-23-2007, 06:57 PM	#1 (permalink)
StillMatic Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 8 OS: Windows XP	Need Help With an External HDD I had an IDE HDD and converted it to an external with the case. The first time I plugged it up it worked fine. I could access all the files on it. It's a 120 gig Maxtor. It holds like 80 gigs of music and about 10 gigs of PSP games, with the rest of the space being random things I created in Photoshop. The problem is now when I hook it up and turn it on, It just says Local Disc H and Local Disc I. Before it said Multimedia H and Albums I. I have tried all kinds of data recovery software and they could not even read the drives. I have changed the jumper settings numerous time to no avail. Does anyone have any idea what I am doing wrong? I would hate to have to format the drive and lose all of my data. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Much thanks in advance.