TOSHIBA MK4018GBP IDE - USB problem

greg02 · 03-20-2008, 03:48 AM

Hello,

Couple days ago, my old laptop died. I have plugged HDD ( TOSHIBA MK4018GBP) via IDE – USB cable.
Thing is that HDD is detected by winxp (sp2) as a storage device (even exact name is given) but the disk is not recognize as a disk itself, thus i don't have an access to it. I cannot assign partition, nothing. I have noticed that LED is blinking regularly.

I run some tests.

1.testdisk_win.exe detects correctly as the HDD, but that's all – now I'm waiting for the results of partition analyze (by now: Analyse cylinder 11/4863: 00% Read error at 10/2/1 – I guess that sucks.
2.photorec_win.exe detects letter of HDD (d:) but partition isn't given.
3.I plugged HDD to another pc (win xp), the same effect.
4.I tried to use software like Partition Magic etc. with no results.
5. I was willing to test in under linux, but at the time I had only DSL linux edition.

I have no idea what to to then. I have read that it could be HDD boot or some ROM information embedded by manufacturer.

Thanks for any hints.

**Deleted090308** · 03-20-2008, 04:35 AM

Hi, welcome to TSF.

You should run Toshiba's HDD tools first ("Drive Fitness Test" and, maybe, "Ontrack Data Advisor").

greg02 · 03-20-2008, 06:00 AM

Thanks for the tip.

Well I cannot do anything with this software. It doesn't detect toshiba HDD, but BIOS does (as USB connected). Thus I hane no clue what is going on...

**Deleted090308** · 03-20-2008, 06:23 AM

Sounds like the HDD is gone.

But, it could be the USB connection confusing Toshiba's tools.
Try mounting the drive inside a desktop PC, using an appropriate adapter (of course).

03-20-2008, 03:48 AM	#1 (permalink)
greg02 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 2 OS: xp	TOSHIBA MK4018GBP IDE - USB problem Hello, Couple days ago, my old laptop died. I have plugged HDD ( TOSHIBA MK4018GBP) via IDE – USB cable. Thing is that HDD is detected by winxp (sp2) as a storage device (even exact name is given) but the disk is not recognize as a disk itself, thus i don't have an access to it. I cannot assign partition, nothing. I have noticed that LED is blinking regularly. I run some tests. 1.testdisk_win.exe detects correctly as the HDD, but that's all – now I'm waiting for the results of partition analyze (by now: Analyse cylinder 11/4863: 00% Read error at 10/2/1 – I guess that sucks. 2.photorec_win.exe detects letter of HDD (d:) but partition isn't given. 3.I plugged HDD to another pc (win xp), the same effect. 4.I tried to use software like Partition Magic etc. with no results. 5. I was willing to test in under linux, but at the time I had only DSL linux edition. I have no idea what to to then. I have read that it could be HDD boot or some ROM information embedded by manufacturer. Thanks for any hints. Last edited by greg02; 03-20-2008 at 03:55 AM.

03-20-2008, 04:35 AM	#2 (permalink)
Deleted090308 Not... Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 22,277 OS: Xp	Re: TOSHIBA MK4018GBP IDE - USB problem Hi, welcome to TSF. You should run Toshiba's HDD tools first ("Drive Fitness Test" and, maybe, "Ontrack Data Advisor").

03-20-2008, 06:00 AM	#3 (permalink)
greg02 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 2 OS: xp	Re: TOSHIBA MK4018GBP IDE - USB problem Thanks for the tip. Well I cannot do anything with this software. It doesn't detect toshiba HDD, but BIOS does (as USB connected). Thus I hane no clue what is going on...

03-20-2008, 06:23 AM	#4 (permalink)
Deleted090308 Not... Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 22,277 OS: Xp	Re: TOSHIBA MK4018GBP IDE - USB problem Sounds like the HDD is gone. But, it could be the USB connection confusing Toshiba's tools. Try mounting the drive inside a desktop PC, using an appropriate adapter (of course).