I posted yesterday with problems about my defragmenter. Now it's with brand new problems. When I got up and went to switch on my PC, went to get a cup of tea. Came back to the screen 'Detetcting IDE drives...'. I thought that's weird seeing it's normally my desktop by the time I get back. Alarms rang out. Facts: I've got two HD - one slave and one master. I use 2nd HD for photos and games which I would be upset if it's damaged. So I took all the IDE cables out and replugged the main HD, it boots up normally. So I tried to add the 2nd HD to the cable. I get the 'Detecting IDE drives' screen. What is happening? Here's the picture of my PC - http://i41.tinypic.com/25tdc9t.jpg
PC BIOS is "stuck" trying to talk to/ID your 2nd HDD. Not a good sign. Try swapping the IDE cable or move the 2nd hard drive to the other IDE connector (provided that you're on Master/Slave and not "cable select" and see if you can get the drive to ID. If the BIOS can't see the HDD, the OS never will.
I've tried that, no luck. I've also tried changing my slave to master and took off all other devices off the IDE cable so it would be just the problematic HD and IDE only. Result: Detecting IDE drives... I'm currently on main HD only. DVD writer and 2nd HD is off power and disconnected from IDE cable. The screen was stuck on Detecting IDE drives, all keys failed to respond and the cursor wasn't blinking indicated the BIOS wasn't responsive. CTRL+ATL+DEL still works however DEL only to go to the setup don't.
what cable is the sick drive on, primary or secondary? what make is the drive as in wd, seagate, quantum or maxtor?
The 2nd HD was on the same cable as the main HD. The make is Western Digital. I checked with the jumpers - they are in correct place.
So you only get the problem when the second HDD is attached - regardless of which cable or port on the motherboard you're using? It sounds like it's the HDD at fault in this case. Try attaching it using a USB enclosure and see if you can get any data off it, then I advise it be replced.
I've ordered and received a USB enclosure. It seems failed to work. What do I do now? Is the HD dead?
Nope, so I had my friend to use some programs and found my Hard Drive is 2TB instead of 150GB, he said it's a index problem. He's trying again with some programs later.
