Fujitsu hard drive problem

Utena · 04-11-2009, 09:56 AM

My sisters computer is not working correctly (It only turns on for a about 1-2 min then shuts its self off) and while I trying to tract down the problem I told her I could transfer her data onto a different computer so her projects would be safe.

However when I removed the hard drive from her laptop and connected it to my computer the drive showed up with the words "recovery" and though it is a 120GB hard drive it shows only 6GB with 3GB of content. I tried to use Norton Ghost to clone the drive but it only recovered the 3GB of useless data.

The drive was working fine when it was in the laptop so I know it should be working. I assume its some kind of protection firmware or something that is preventing from getting to the data I want.

Any ideas on how I can copy the data I want?

Here is a picture of how the drive is showing up if that helps.
http://i43.tinypic.com/20ppvtw.jpg

Edit - The drive is a Fujitsu Model MHV2120BH, if that helps.

**raptor_pa** · 04-11-2009, 02:27 PM

The recovery partition is the one provided by the vendor with recovery software. Are all three of the other drives listed drives normally attached to your PC? can you give us a screenshot of the view in disk management.

Utena · 04-11-2009, 04:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by raptor_pa

Are all three of the other drives listed drives normally attached to your PC?

Yes, they are the three drives I normally use.

Quote:

Originally Posted by raptor_pa

can you give us a screenshot of the view in disk management.

Sure.

http://i41.tinypic.com/2vun2aw.jpg

I hope that helps.

**raptor_pa** · 04-11-2009, 05:13 PM

If you look at that, the C drive is on physical disk 2 which would be the other partition of the drive. I assume this is the drive that is your sisters, so on the mounted C drive is where you should be looking The totals are about right for a 120GB drive which is what you said your sisters drove was. Look on the C drive and see if the files you need are there. It appears for some reason it didn' mount one of your drives, if these are IDE it probably has something to do with jumpers. or you knocked a cable to your drive loose.

04-11-2009, 09:56 AM	#1 (permalink)
Utena Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 2 OS: XP	Fujitsu hard drive problem My sisters computer is not working correctly (It only turns on for a about 1-2 min then shuts its self off) and while I trying to tract down the problem I told her I could transfer her data onto a different computer so her projects would be safe. However when I removed the hard drive from her laptop and connected it to my computer the drive showed up with the words "recovery" and though it is a 120GB hard drive it shows only 6GB with 3GB of content. I tried to use Norton Ghost to clone the drive but it only recovered the 3GB of useless data. The drive was working fine when it was in the laptop so I know it should be working. I assume its some kind of protection firmware or something that is preventing from getting to the data I want. Any ideas on how I can copy the data I want? Here is a picture of how the drive is showing up if that helps. http://i43.tinypic.com/20ppvtw.jpg Edit - The drive is a Fujitsu Model MHV2120BH, if that helps.

04-11-2009, 02:27 PM	#2 (permalink)
raptor_pa Mod Hardware Team Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Central PA Posts: 4,923 OS: XP	Re: Fujitsu hard drive problem The recovery partition is the one provided by the vendor with recovery software. Are all three of the other drives listed drives normally attached to your PC? can you give us a screenshot of the view in disk management. __________________

04-11-2009, 05:13 PM	#4 (permalink)
raptor_pa Mod Hardware Team Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Central PA Posts: 4,923 OS: XP	Re: Fujitsu hard drive problem If you look at that, the C drive is on physical disk 2 which would be the other partition of the drive. I assume this is the drive that is your sisters, so on the mounted C drive is where you should be looking The totals are about right for a 120GB drive which is what you said your sisters drove was. Look on the C drive and see if the files you need are there. It appears for some reason it didn' mount one of your drives, if these are IDE it probably has something to do with jumpers. or you knocked a cable to your drive loose. __________________