Need Help With an External HDD

StillMatic · 08-23-2007, 05:57 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.

cluelessidiot · 08-24-2007, 08:23 PM

Does it still have the data on it or is the data gone too?

StillMatic · 08-26-2007, 08:15 PM

The data should still be on it. I am still trying to resolve the issue and am leaving the drive alone until it can get fixed.

cluelessidiot · 08-27-2007, 11:11 AM

have you tried checking the drive for errors

StillMatic · 08-27-2007, 02:35 PM

I have tried. My pc reads it as blank. It thinks there is nothing on it. I may just give up and try to reformat it.

08-23-2007, 05:57 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.

08-24-2007, 08:23 PM	#2 (permalink)
cluelessidiot Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 35 OS: WIndows XP SP2	Re: Need Help With an External HDD Does it still have the data on it or is the data gone too?

08-26-2007, 08:15 PM	#3 (permalink)
StillMatic Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 8 OS: Windows XP	Re: Need Help With an External HDD The data should still be on it. I am still trying to resolve the issue and am leaving the drive alone until it can get fixed.

08-27-2007, 11:11 AM	#4 (permalink)
cluelessidiot Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 35 OS: WIndows XP SP2	Re: Need Help With an External HDD have you tried checking the drive for errors

08-27-2007, 02:35 PM	#5 (permalink)
StillMatic Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 8 OS: Windows XP	Re: Need Help With an External HDD I have tried. My pc reads it as blank. It thinks there is nothing on it. I may just give up and try to reformat it.