Cant Detect HD whats wrong?

hi

i cant get my computer to recognise the
WD400 Western Digital
40GB Drive
I tried it in
Primary Slave
Secondary Primary
Secondary Slave
even in place of the CD- Rom

Tried all the jumper settings.

Motherboard is:-
AB - AH6 (A-Bit)
has 266MB Ram
computer has Win XP on it but that made it low Space thats why im trying to
get this HD detected so i can clone the existing drive onto the new one.

in bios i tried setting it as Normal, Large and LBA, Atuo and User

Hard Drive im trying to install says on it:
Western Digital
WD400
Enhanced IDE Hard Drive
40GB
WD P/N WD400EB-OOCPF0
dated 19 march 2004
dcm: HSBBNV2C

any advise would be great.

shirl

Shirl wrote:
|
| hi
|
| i cant get my computer to recognise the
| WD400 Western Digital
| 40GB Drive
| I tried it in
| Primary Slave
| Secondary Primary
| Secondary Slave
| even in place of the CD- Rom
|
| Tried all the jumper settings.
|
| Motherboard is:-
| AB - AH6 (A-Bit)
| has 266MB Ram
| computer has Win XP on it but that made it low Space thats why im
| trying to get this HD detected so i can clone the existing drive onto
| the new one.
|
| in bios i tried setting it as Normal, Large and LBA, Atuo and User
|
| Hard Drive im trying to install says on it:
| Western Digital
| WD400
| Enhanced IDE Hard Drive
| 40GB
| WD P/N WD400EB-OOCPF0
| dated 19 march 2004
| dcm: HSBBNV2C
|
| any advise would be great.
|
| shirl
|
|

Hi Shril -

Is the drive alone on the IDE cable (meaning there is no other drive
connected to the cable)?

If so, remove the jumper entirely. Western Digital drives alone on a cable
don't use a jumper to indicate that the drive is Master or Slave (no jumper
= Single Master).

Jef

Shirl wrote: <<paraphrasing>> "I cant get my computer to recognize a
hard drive, and I tried every setting under the sun."

Perhaps the IDE ribbon or the power connector is bad,

Mort

hi

no it isnt alone.

on primary cable i got
Master = C: Drive
Slave = None

on secondary cable i got
Master = D: Drive
Slave = CD Rom

as i wanted to copy my C drive to the bigger drive, i tried it in place of
the CD rom, in place of D drive, and tried it on the primary slave, nowhere
it recognised it.

shirl




"Lurking Rat in 'Da Hood®"
<lurkingratindahood_remove_your_shorts_@sbcglobal. net> wrote in message
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> Shirl wrote:
> |
> | hi
> |
> | i cant get my computer to recognise the
> | WD400 Western Digital
> | 40GB Drive
> | I tried it in
> | Primary Slave
> | Secondary Primary
> | Secondary Slave
> | even in place of the CD- Rom
> |
> | Tried all the jumper settings.
> |
> | Motherboard is:-
> | AB - AH6 (A-Bit)
> | has 266MB Ram
> | computer has Win XP on it but that made it low Space thats why im
> | trying to get this HD detected so i can clone the existing drive onto
> | the new one.
> |
> | in bios i tried setting it as Normal, Large and LBA, Atuo and User
> |
> | Hard Drive im trying to install says on it:
> | Western Digital
> | WD400
> | Enhanced IDE Hard Drive
> | 40GB
> | WD P/N WD400EB-OOCPF0
> | dated 19 march 2004
> | dcm: HSBBNV2C
> |
> | any advise would be great.
> |
> | shirl
> |
> |
>
> Hi Shril -
>
> Is the drive alone on the IDE cable (meaning there is no other drive
> connected to the cable)?
>
> If so, remove the jumper entirely. Western Digital drives alone on a
cable
> don't use a jumper to indicate that the drive is Master or Slave (no
jumper
> = Single Master).
>
> Jef
>
>

hi

the power seems to get to it i feel it spinning
the drives on the same ribbon work ok, just not that drive is detected.

dont need a different ribbon do i for enhanced IDE drives (says its that on
drive)?

shirl



"Mortimer" <> wrote in message
news:43b87b91$...
> Shirl wrote: <<paraphrasing>> "I cant get my computer to recognize a
> hard drive, and I tried every setting under the sun."
>
> Perhaps the IDE ribbon or the power connector is bad,
>
> Mort

Shirl wrote:
|
| hi
|
| no it isnt alone.
|
| on primary cable i got
| Master = C: Drive
| Slave = None
|
| on secondary cable i got
| Master = D: Drive
| Slave = CD Rom
|
| as i wanted to copy my C drive to the bigger drive, i tried it in place of
| the CD rom, in place of D drive, and tried it on the primary slave,
nowhere
| it recognised it.
|
| shirl
|


Hi Shirl -

I think I've found your answer and, unfortunately, I don't see an "official"
solution to it.

There have been numerous hard disk size limits imposed as technology has
grown up. The one that seems to have gotten you is the 32GB limit.

Apparently Abit never released a BIOS update for the AH6 which allowed
drives larger than 32GB to be properly detected.

There are two solutions you may wish to explore:

.. The safest would be to set the jumper on the back of the drive, limiting
it to 32GB. This would be a fool-proof method of at least getting 32GB of
use from the drive.

.. The risky method would be a 3rd-party BIOS, which has been modded to
provide support for drives up to 128GB. This BIOS could potentially leave
you with a dead computer if the flash fails. It is totally unsupported and
you are at your own peril flashing it. If you wish to try this, the file is
the first link on the following page:

http://wims.rainbow-software.org/

If you choose to update your BIOS with this file it will be necessary to
provide your own copy of Awdflash.exe.

I was able to find no references to your board at Abit's USA support site,
or at their corporate site in Taiwan. Your board is old enough that it has
long been unsupported by Abit. The most recent BIOS for your board appears
to be five and a half years old.

Jef

>
> Hi Shirl -
>
> I think I've found your answer and, unfortunately, I don't see an "official"
> solution to it.
>
> There have been numerous hard disk size limits imposed as technology has
> grown up. The one that seems to have gotten you is the 32GB limit.
>
> Apparently Abit never released a BIOS update for the AH6 which allowed
> drives larger than 32GB to be properly detected.
>
> There are two solutions you may wish to explore:
>
> . The safest would be to set the jumper on the back of the drive, limiting
> it to 32GB. This would be a fool-proof method of at least getting 32GB of
> use from the drive.
>
> . The risky method would be a 3rd-party BIOS, which has been modded to
> provide support for drives up to 128GB. This BIOS could potentially leave
> you with a dead computer if the flash fails. It is totally unsupported and
> you are at your own peril flashing it. If you wish to try this, the file is
> the first link on the following page:
>
> http://wims.rainbow-software.org/
>
> If you choose to update your BIOS with this file it will be necessary to
> provide your own copy of Awdflash.exe.
>
> I was able to find no references to your board at Abit's USA support site,
> or at their corporate site in Taiwan. Your board is old enough that it has
> long been unsupported by Abit. The most recent BIOS for your board appears
> to be five and a half years old.


Hi Jef,

According to this:

http://www.motherboard.cz/mb/abit/ah6.htm

that board has some PCI slots. Given that, wouldn't it be less risky to
go get an ATA/IDE PCI card to support that larger drive?

Jim

ohaya wrote:
|
| Hi Jef,
|
| According to this:
|
| http://www.motherboard.cz/mb/abit/ah6.htm
|
| that board has some PCI slots. Given that, wouldn't it be less risky
| to go get an ATA/IDE PCI card to support that larger drive?
|
| Jim


Hi Jim -

Good option number 3.

Jef

ok thanks i tried the alternative setting and it detected the drive.
i cloned the drive, that went ok

but when i restart the computer with the cloned new C drive i get
NTLDR is missing

8( why is nothing easy lol

shirl



"Lurking Rat in 'Da Hood®"
<lurkingratindahood_remove_your_shorts_@sbcglobal. net> wrote in message
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> Shirl wrote:
> |
> | hi
> |
> | no it isnt alone.
> |
> | on primary cable i got
> | Master = C: Drive
> | Slave = None
> |
> | on secondary cable i got
> | Master = D: Drive
> | Slave = CD Rom
> |
> | as i wanted to copy my C drive to the bigger drive, i tried it in place
of
> | the CD rom, in place of D drive, and tried it on the primary slave,
> nowhere
> | it recognised it.
> |
> | shirl
> |
>
>
> Hi Shirl -
>
> I think I've found your answer and, unfortunately, I don't see an
"official"
> solution to it.
>
> There have been numerous hard disk size limits imposed as technology has
> grown up. The one that seems to have gotten you is the 32GB limit.
>
> Apparently Abit never released a BIOS update for the AH6 which allowed
> drives larger than 32GB to be properly detected.
>
> There are two solutions you may wish to explore:
>
> . The safest would be to set the jumper on the back of the drive, limiting
> it to 32GB. This would be a fool-proof method of at least getting 32GB of
> use from the drive.
>
> . The risky method would be a 3rd-party BIOS, which has been modded to
> provide support for drives up to 128GB. This BIOS could potentially leave
> you with a dead computer if the flash fails. It is totally unsupported
and
> you are at your own peril flashing it. If you wish to try this, the file
is
> the first link on the following page:
>
> http://wims.rainbow-software.org/
>
> If you choose to update your BIOS with this file it will be necessary to
> provide your own copy of Awdflash.exe.
>
> I was able to find no references to your board at Abit's USA support site,
> or at their corporate site in Taiwan. Your board is old enough that it
has
> long been unsupported by Abit. The most recent BIOS for your board
appears
> to be five and a half years old.
>
> Jef
>
>

Shirl wrote:
|
| ok thanks i tried the alternative setting and it detected the
| drive. i cloned the drive, that went ok
|
| but when i restart the computer with the cloned new C drive
| i get NTLDR is missing
|
| 8( why is nothing easy lol
|
| shirl
|


Hi Shirl -

What method are you using to clone the drive and are you certain the new C:\
drive has a bootable MBR?

You can boot with your Windows XP CD and choose the option to go into the
Recovery Console (you'll be asked for your Administrator password .. if you
didn't set one, just press Enter).

To fix the Master Boot Record of your boot drive, type...

FIXMBR

.... at the Recovery Console prompt.

You might also need to fix the boot sector code in the System Partition,
type...

FIXBOOT C:

.... at the Recovery Console prompt.


More information can be found on Microsoft's Knowledge Base article on
Windows XP's Recovery Console:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314058/en-us

Jef