No Drive Letter / Cannot Access

redgecko · 04-12-2008, 07:18 AM

Ok here it Goes...

I have a SATA Hitachi Travelstar HD that was OEM in a Gateway laptop that kicked the bucket a couple of weeks ago, and I have desperately been trying to recover the HD. Here is what I have done so far. Using the Drive Health Tester from Hitachi, the drive has no physical errors. Installed into my Athlon desktop via an ESATA removable HD enclosure/dock, It is recognized by the BIOS, Device Manager, and Disk Manager (comes up as a SCSI devise but I understand that is common), however, My Computer doesn't show anything and Disk Manager shows the drive without a drive letter. I have also attempted to access the drive via USB on both a PC & Macbook to no avail. I was sucessful in "seeing" the disk contents using file recovery software, but this is an option of last resort as it is crazy expensive. The software said that the drive was "unmounted". Any suggestions would be welcomed. THX

**linderman** · 04-12-2008, 09:38 AM

use GETDATABACK from runtime.org it costs about $40.00 if my memory serves me correctly

other than that; you are in for a Knoppix adventure

**Deleted090308** · 04-12-2008, 10:48 AM

Also - try this: http://www.techsupportforum.com/1163140-post1.html

04-12-2008, 07:18 AM	#1 (permalink)
redgecko Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 1 OS: XP SP2	No Drive Letter / Cannot Access Ok here it Goes... I have a SATA Hitachi Travelstar HD that was OEM in a Gateway laptop that kicked the bucket a couple of weeks ago, and I have desperately been trying to recover the HD. Here is what I have done so far. Using the Drive Health Tester from Hitachi, the drive has no physical errors. Installed into my Athlon desktop via an ESATA removable HD enclosure/dock, It is recognized by the BIOS, Device Manager, and Disk Manager (comes up as a SCSI devise but I understand that is common), however, My Computer doesn't show anything and Disk Manager shows the drive without a drive letter. I have also attempted to access the drive via USB on both a PC & Macbook to no avail. I was sucessful in "seeing" the disk contents using file recovery software, but this is an option of last resort as it is crazy expensive. The software said that the drive was "unmounted". Any suggestions would be welcomed. THX

04-12-2008, 09:38 AM	#2 (permalink)
linderman Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 19,385 OS: win 2000 pro / Win XP pro My System	Re: No Drive Letter / Cannot Access use GETDATABACK from runtime.org it costs about $40.00 if my memory serves me correctly other than that; you are in for a Knoppix adventure __________________ Even a Broken Clock is Right Twice a Day ! Power Supply Selection LEARN TO BACK-UP YOUR DATA FREE & EASY YouTube - Runtime Software DriveImage XML tutorial

04-12-2008, 10:48 AM	#3 (permalink)
Deleted090308 Not... Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 22,277 OS: Xp	Re: No Drive Letter / Cannot Access Also - try this: http://www.techsupportforum.com/1163140-post1.html