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Thanitos · Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 8:03 am Post subject: slave hard drive

my slave hard drive was from my old dell that crashed, i wanted to see if i could reformat it but im not sure how to realy. I would like to attempt to keep the files that are on there my problem though is when i go to the start up menu the DOS menu i think it is my computer reads my slave hard drive as the primary slave and a download i got from here called speed fan also reconizes the hard drive, but i can not acces it from my computer.
Anyone know what i can do ?

Missi0n · Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 8:25 am Post subject:

You changed the pins in the back so that the computer recgonises it as a slave HD?

Thanitos · Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 11:33 am Post subject:

yup ones set to slave the other master.

This is what My system says, im not sure what the other things under my mian HD are...lol ill load up what speed fan found..
SpeedFan showd bouth hard drives.

Mazeura · Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 5:43 pm Post subject:

Only thing that I can think of is that Windows is refusing to recognize it.
When I had gotten my new HD for my laptop, I had to initialize the HD, but that requires formatting the HD, and you want to keep the files, so there goes that solution...
How much space of the HD that you want to recover is being used? do you remember?
Because you might be able to partition it, install windows onto the partition and then use that windows to move the files over to the other HD. Don't know if that would work, so don't do it unless someone else on here says that it would work.

By the way, what resolution are you running?

runer262 · Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 6:22 pm Post subject:

question!
what os is that your using it looks like 98 or something doesnt even look like 2k.

if it is win 98 then i got another question.
what partition is on the hard drive as wind 98 does not read ntfs partitions.

install partition magic and try reading the files on the hard drive, you can not convert from ntfs to fat.

Thanitos · Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 7:08 pm Post subject:

not sure how to find my partition dont know what it means Razz

uhmm the other hard drive, my slave, when i try to run it in safe mode it gives me a list of files in system32 im guessing are currupt.

My res is 32 bit true color 800x 600 on a 3dfx voodoo banshee APG and i am useing windows 98 atm xp is on my other hard drive

Localhost · Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 7:17 pm Post subject:

Maybe... Boot your 'slave' drive as the master drive. Take the stuff of. Save to a DVD/Internet/CD/USB.

Take out the 'slave' drive. Put back in the master drive. Put the files on.

K, now we can format.

Put the slave drive, in the slave drive slot. Open up Partition Magic. Fine the one that is not your master drive (master driver will probably have mother info used, maybe not? Youll be able to tell my size anyway...)

Format the slave drive.

Now you have a whole drive to fill up...

Maybe put Linux on it and dual boot?

Thanitos · Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 9:01 pm Post subject:

thing is though i cant get the slave drive to boot past the startup screen with the normal/safemode, ect. but i am dowloading the partition majic and the dule booting idea with linux what would that get me memory usage and performace wise?

Labyrnth · Moderator Reputation: 9 Joined: 28 Nov 2006 Posts: 6285

Try to use File Scavenger 3.2 on it.

Thanitos · Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 9:37 pm Post subject:

thanks ill try that after this partition magic

Localhost · Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 9:43 pm Post subject:

OH.... The Slave Drive does not have a (uncorrupted) operating system... That may be a problem...

I suggest leaving it alone... Just format it. It may even be unusable.

Linux is not a resource hog... It is very fast, hehehe.

It will not affect windows though....

runer262 · Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 5:28 am Post subject:

Cheetah · Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 5:48 am Post subject:

The 80GB is running NTFS, and you're using an OS (98?) that doesn't support NTFS filesystems.

Thanitos · Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 3:25 pm Post subject:

Were do i find the windows NT thing thats were i need to run the file scavanger

Localhost · Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 3:43 pm Post subject:

I suggest you just give up. This hard drive is new. Your computer is old.