Hard drive problem

subway_savage · 11-24-2008, 08:40 PM

i have an external WD HD, it fell a few times after that the pc wouldnt show it on my computer or anything even though it is connected and is showing in the device manager with no problems.

so i decided to remove the HD from its casing and connect it directly into the PC using the sata power and data cables. but for some reason the pc keeps restarting on booting and sometimes shows a BSOD. so i figured i needed a jumper, to make it a slave, so i installed one in the correct position which is pins 3 and 4 as indicated, now the pc starts fine, but the HD is not recognizable by the pc, its like its not connected. ( i noticed that without the jumper the HD would run looking for windows, but with the jumper its very silent, so silent i think its not moving, but maybe thats normal for a slave hd.)

so any help ? i really need the data on the HD as i got a very important project to finish.

thank you.

dai · 11-25-2008, 01:30 AM

a sata drive does not have master slave jumper,check what the position you have actually put the jumper on achieves

subway_savage · 11-25-2008, 01:52 AM

well without the jumper windows doesn't start up, it keeps trying to boot from both hard drives and ends up restarting all the time. so how can i get it to work as a slave HD ?

on the HD it says to fit the jumper in pins 3 and 4, i don't really know whats wrong in this issue lol, how does installing an HD normally work ? cuz i tried everything with no luck. it sure isn't plug n' play.

EDIT: maybe im not supposed to fit a jumper, but how is adding an extra internal HD should be ? any bios settings to do ?

subway_savage · 11-25-2008, 02:50 AM

sorry for the double post, but pins 3 and 4 seem to enable PM2, which i have no idea what lol. so i guess sata doesn't need a jumper for slave,

dai · 11-25-2008, 05:58 AM

http://www.wdc.com/en/library/eide/2579-001037.pdf

11-24-2008, 08:40 PM	#1 (permalink)
subway_savage Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 6 OS: XP sp2	Hard drive problem i have an external WD HD, it fell a few times after that the pc wouldnt show it on my computer or anything even though it is connected and is showing in the device manager with no problems. so i decided to remove the HD from its casing and connect it directly into the PC using the sata power and data cables. but for some reason the pc keeps restarting on booting and sometimes shows a BSOD. so i figured i needed a jumper, to make it a slave, so i installed one in the correct position which is pins 3 and 4 as indicated, now the pc starts fine, but the HD is not recognizable by the pc, its like its not connected. ( i noticed that without the jumper the HD would run looking for windows, but with the jumper its very silent, so silent i think its not moving, but maybe thats normal for a slave hd.) so any help ? i really need the data on the HD as i got a very important project to finish. thank you.

11-25-2008, 01:30 AM	#2 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,260 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: Hard drive problem a sata drive does not have master slave jumper,check what the position you have actually put the jumper on achieves __________________

11-25-2008, 01:52 AM	#3 (permalink)
subway_savage Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 6 OS: XP sp2	Re: Hard drive problem well without the jumper windows doesn't start up, it keeps trying to boot from both hard drives and ends up restarting all the time. so how can i get it to work as a slave HD ? on the HD it says to fit the jumper in pins 3 and 4, i don't really know whats wrong in this issue lol, how does installing an HD normally work ? cuz i tried everything with no luck. it sure isn't plug n' play. EDIT: maybe im not supposed to fit a jumper, but how is adding an extra internal HD should be ? any bios settings to do ? Last edited by subway_savage; 11-25-2008 at 02:21 AM.

11-25-2008, 02:50 AM	#4 (permalink)
subway_savage Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 6 OS: XP sp2	Re: Hard drive problem sorry for the double post, but pins 3 and 4 seem to enable PM2, which i have no idea what lol. so i guess sata doesn't need a jumper for slave,

11-25-2008, 05:58 AM	#5 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,260 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: Hard drive problem http://www.wdc.com/en/library/eide/2579-001037.pdf __________________