2nd IDE HARD drive problems

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• HP 6280 t desktop computer. Can I install a 2nd IDE hard drive?

  I have a desktop HP p 6280t.  I have some old hard drives PC alternative before... all of these disks are IDE.  The current hard drive in my 6280 is a SATA.  The HP motherboard belongs 492774 001.

  I don't see how I can connect the IDE hard disk... Help, please.  Be descriptive in your explanation.

  EJD60, welcome to the forum.

  There is a SATA controller on the motherboard.  Whether you are able to install an IDE hard drive, you must install a PCI Express x 1 card IDE controller card.

  Please click on the Thumbs up button '+' if I helped you and click on "Accept as Solution" If your problem is resolved.

• Problem eject on my 2nd SATA Hard Drive Bay Caddy

  I have a problem with my caddy drives eject.

  Heart each time I close the lid, hard drives is ejected or, in which case ejection fails, I get an error message... very annoying situation.

  How windows 7 can avoid to eject it? You know a best practice to configure properly the 2nd SATA Hard Drive Bay cart?

  Thanks in advance!

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  It is caused by the last driver SATA ACHI, use microsoft we're going to fix this.

• XP does not recognize a second IDE hard drive.

  Summary:
  Added a PATA IDE drive so both are on the same cable.

  System information:
  IBM ThinkCentre P4 2 .66GHz (bought in 2005 approximately)
  Upgraded RAM from 1 GB to?, pin DIMM 184 form factor.
  Hard Drive IDE 1 x 40 GB - Standard - ATA-100-7200 RPM.
  Genuine XP; SP3 downloaded and installed by me.
  MT - M 8187-WBK S/N: KCGL5NB
  8187 is a type for a M50 number.

  My assumptions of hard disk:
  It is Setup to have a disk of expansion under the DVD with separate IDE cables and no doubt when both these are used you are in a primary + secondary situation.  I think that I am looking to get a configuration 'Double' where both are on the same IDE cable.

  Action:
  Removed the floppy drive and put the old HD in its place; It is the primary IDE hard drive.
  Put the new HD located under the old and attached the new cable at the same time.
  Use the power connector of the DVD on the new drive; I could so far to an extension of the extra drive Bay.
  I checked the BIOS boot menus, but could not see anything that needs to be changed.

  Problem:
  The system shows no signs of the new command.
  It still shows the floppy drive.

  I hope you can help,
  Peter

  USB is not supported, and even if that were the case, put the file on a USB drive would significantly reduce the performance of Windows.

  To speed things you can locate the swap file on a separate partition (should be the first partition, about 10 GB is more than enough) on a second hard drive.

  J W Stuart: http://www.pagestart.com

• Qosmio F60 turning is not on - HARD drive problem

  My F60 running stock windows 7 and when I turn it on I get a black screen with the following text:

  + Check the file system on C: +.
  + the type of file system is NTFS.
  + Volume name is s3a5802d002 +.
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  + To skip verification of the disc, press any key within 10 seconds.

  If I leave it just like that.
  I try to ignore it, and it does not work so I turn it off and go again on the third time, to turn on while I press ESC. What should I do about it?

  Re: do everything or send it as it is only 6 months old, it is Bernard did this for 5 months

  Hello

  It sounds a bit like a HARD drive problem.
  I recommend checking out the HARD drive using a free tool called Drive Fitness Test
  This free tool allows you to get more details on the State of the HARD drive and maybe some error would be detected which would mean that HARD drive failures and disk HARD must be replaced.

• Alternative to the reset by Satellite A660 for potential HARD drive problem

  In the last week or two, I got a few blue screens, saying he was driving demand, and that windows must be shut down to avoid damage my computer.

  I have just restart and continue working.
  The last time it happened, I had repeatedly "initialization failed" and it says hdd, SDS, fdd. If I pressed the power button until I didn't see no signs of activity, then started. Things went well. I called Toshiba support and they recommended that I go home and save my files before continuing. It took hours selectively to clean, sort the previous backups, and a small footprint of the backup system.

  When I called Toshiba once again, they recommended a "takeover", which is restoring the factory settings. It puts me in the stone age. I have to go through a never-ending process of the upgrade to Windows 7 Pro 64-bit, install and reconfigure all the applications and environments/configurations, etc. It will essentially take on holiday, if not more. I'll also have to get another computer (maybe a netbook) to stay in touch while I restart my laptop. It's barely more than a year.

  Is there a diagnosis I can do to determine the probability that there is a hard drive problem? Support for Toshiba said that is the surest way, because it provides a diagnostic F10 for the hard disk code, and it also pushes the bad sectors at the end of the disc (logically, I suppose, since you can't physically move a fault).

  > About Hitachi DFT, is it important that my HARD drive is Toshiba mk6465gsx? This is what is displayed "Hard drives" in the Device Manager.

  It s no matter what HARD drive manufacturer, it is the Drive Fitness Test is able to scan all hard drives to find errors.

  > Also, http://www.hitachigst.com/support/downloads/#DFTshows links to create boot disks, but I was wondering if I could create a bootable instead.

  Not sure if this is possible if there is that one option to create a startup disk, and then a flash stick does not work. But of course you can try this out.

  > This laptop does not come with a floppy drive, and I still create coasters trying to burn discs.
  You don't need the floppy drive, the tool must create a disk bootable (CD)

  > I guess that the same question can be asked on Memtest86. Another issue is the relevance of Memtest86 for my system. My c drive has a "Program Files" folder, but also a "Program Files (x 86)" folder for 32-bit applications. Memtest86 is for the x 86 architecture. I don't know if my 64-bit Windows 7 involves a non - x 86 architecture.

  I guess that Memtest86 should also work on Win 7 64 bit systems. But also the MemTest 4.20 is 64-bit capable

• A55 (8982 - 77G)-Windows 7 SATA Hard Drive problem

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• HP 6120 t BIOS does not recognize the second IDE hard drive connected via IDE-SATA controller

  Hello

  HP 6120 t (vista) BIOS does not recognize the second IDE hard drive connected via IDE-SATA controller. The other SATA disk and the DVD player came with the machine.

  I hooked my old 200 GB Hitachi drive via the controller. I also put the jumbers in the present as a slave. I also took the original WD drive and just connect the IDE hard drive. BIOS do not show any drive at all.

  I would try something possible at this time I have a lot of my data on the old disk.

  Thanks appreciate any suggestion.

  Try to enter the BIOS and I believe under change of Advanced menu of SATA to IDE or Enhanced.

  You need to do when you install Windows XP or you will get a blue screen and it does not start.

  Don't forget chang back when you put it in your drive home hard sata.

• I am a member of the creative cloud.  I had hard drive problems.  How can I go on redownloading cc lightroom and photoshop

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• Compaq presario c795tu model - problem IDE hard drive /disques

  Hello please help me... In my laptop model no presario c795tu, I found some virus a few days ago and I removed it. From here only, my laptop gives error windows repair and SATA / IDE hard disk error.

  Whenever I connect to my laptop. All data are accessible, but it is automatically hidden.

  It gives the error 4 - 5 times this system has a problem in IDE / Sata hard disk. Kindly it reboot and it restarts automatically.

  Please help me how I can solve my problem.

  Diakite says:

  Hello please help me... In my laptop model no presario c795tu, I found some virus a few days ago and I removed it. From here only, my laptop gives error windows repair and SATA / IDE hard disk error.

  Whenever I connect to my laptop. All data are accessible, but it is automatically hidden.

  It gives the error 4 - 5 times this system has a problem in IDE / Sata hard disk. Kindly it reboot and it restarts automatically.

  Please help me how I can solve my problem.

  Press the power button and then press the F10 key to access the BIOS. Run the hard drive Diagnostics. What I saw in my investigation shows it's a 160 GB SATA hard drive.

  There are a few ways that you can use to solve the problem.  You can try the online scanner of ESET.com to remove the offending code or you can try Malwarebytes. MalwareBytes is recommended by some members of the forum, and there is a free version. The ESET online scanner is also free. I prefer the ESET online scanner.

  The simpler but more radical solution would be to make a recovery to factory state using the HP Recovery Manager. You should be able to access the market with the F11 key recovery manager. If this isn't the case, you can use your set of recovery disks. The downside of the HP recovery solution is that you will lose all data and programs you have on your laptop. advantage is that everything works again once you have installed the drivers.

  Best regards
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• IDE hard drive into a portable speaker access problem.

  I got your desktop who died (power is not a replacement value).  I removed the two hard drives (IDE) and bought pens for use as portable hard drives.  I have not had any problems at all with the 'second' hard disk that I had originally put in place as a backup of data - music, photos, etc.  The problem I have is trying to access the old 'C' drive like a laptop.  I was hoping I could at least reformat and use it as additional storage.  I tried every possible rider but still cannot access this drive from my Vista laptop or my desktop XP.  The disc spins and it is "kind of recognized" by the host computer, but when I try to right click on it in "my computer" everything freezes.  I can still access it through the BACK.  I guess it has something to do with the fact that there is an operating system on the drive, but I was hoping that I could at least go enough to wipe.  Another strange thing is that when it is displayed in 'My computer' it appears as two disks-(that is to say E, F, or similar)

  I could solve this problem.  Using disk management, I was able to reformat the drive, leaving a small 4 GB EISA partition, which I was able to remove by using DISKPART.  In retrospect, it is more work that it was worth for a small car, but I now have a 120 GB drive laptop that I can use for storage of photos or other.

• Satellite A210 - 17l BIos update to take care of advanced format HARD drive problem

  Hi all

  Really hoping someone can help me with this.

  My old HDD not was not so I cloned the entire disc before it failed. -Just in time, too.

  I ordered a new drive - it's a WD scorpio black - Advanced format.

  Unfortunately I can't get my picture on this new album.

  Also, I am unable to do a reinstall with the original restore also cd because it doesn't have service pack 1 and that means that it can't recognize the HD.

  In any case id prefer to be able to restore my image and not make a re-install when even if possible.

  So my question is this:

  Y at - it an update of the bios I can ask my another pc version 2.00 is available which will include options to change the options of ide drive - ahci?

  It's the only solution I can think of-bearing in mind I do not have an operating system installed, so the alignment tools are not an option as another fix. -Fast technology of storage Intel drivers do not work, because I have an AMD athlon processor.

  So is there any BIOS I can Flash my computer with to activate the options mentioned?

  I have a method to Flash the bios with a BONE, so this isn't a problem.

  Also other suggestions for workaround on this more than welcome.

  Thanks :))

  The_red_pill.

  Hello

  Update BIOS don t help you. To my knowledge, it does not add additional options such as a switch between AHCI and compatible mode.
  In addition, you can use ANY BIOS. You must use the BIOS that came out for the model of laptop. But as I said, this isn't a solution.

  In addition, the image of Toshiba already contains all the drivers in order to install the system. It s any SP1 isn t the image part.

  I guess you're talking about Vista OS, given that the laptop came with pre-installed Vista OS. http://www.Toshiba.co.UK/discontinued-products/Equium-A210-17I/

  I recommend you format the HARD drive first.
  Use a tool called Gparted. You can create a bootable USB key containing this tool.
  This allows to start Notepad in order to format the HARD drive.

  The installation of the system using the recovery disk

• Portege 7220 - replacement hard drive problem

  I have a Portege 7220 CTe Windows 98se. The hard drive is deteriorating slowly (bad sectors), so I decided to replace it. The old drive is a Toshiba 6 GB. The news is an IBM/Hitachi Travelstar 10 GB - so-called and apparently unused but dated from 01 Sept.

  Summary: the drive has worked once in the Portege, but doesn't work anymore. It continues to operate through a USB interface to another system.

  I did the following. (I don't know that there are a lot of unimportant details, I just can't tell who might be relevant):

  -Checked the new drive with Hitachi Drive Fitness Test. Ran on the Portege, booting from CD in the docking station. The perfect extract player.
  -Make a backup image the old drive on another computer (XP desktop computer) using a USB box and the reflection of Macrium.
  -Restored the image to the new drive (using the same USB box).
  -In Ran XP Scandisk and defragmentation on the restored drive (no problem, does significant defrag)
  -Cleanly removed from the XP system USB and road of the housing
  -Put the new, restored in car in the Portege and turned on.

  The system could not start, (indirectly) saying that HIMEM. SYS was missing. I plugged the drive into the XP system. Indeed \WINDOWS\HIMEM. SYS was missing, along with the rest of the content of \WINDOWS. The rest of the matching content to the backup. ???????

  I copied \WINDOWS to the backup image to the new drive. Neatly removed from the XP system and put in the Portege.

  Starting from Win98 system. I tried to start a random application and become system that is not responding.

  From this point, I may have not all the actions in the order, but I doubt that counts. I tried the following:

  -Hitachi Drive Fitness Test running. He first found the drive but returned an error 'drive not ready '. After repeated attempts to re-seat assigned, check on the XP system, etc it is unable to find the drive to all the
  -Go into the BIOS at startup. Sometimes found the drive, sometimes not.
  -Office XP still recognizes the player very well via the USB interface. ScanDisk is happy with it, including the surface scan. Hitachi utility only works with ATA or SCSI disks, and I do not have an ATA desktop-laptop adapter.
  -Made a new restoration of the saved image. It worked well, but the Portege wouldn't even find the drive.
  -Tried the old drive and a travelstar 6 GB to another system in the Portege. Both work very well.
  -Tried the new disk in a Portege 7020. Do not just like in the 7220.

  I thought maybe it was a power issue. But the two Travelstars (one that works and a new one that doesn't) are valued at 500 my. The old disk from Toshiba which also always works is estimated at 700mA.

  Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

  Apparently, there's something wrong with your 10 GB travelstar, maybe the MBR or the boot sector

  the fact that you can read with a USB connector doesn't mean that the HD is correct, since you do not need the boot sector of this way

  I would advice to wipe it completely (with cleandisk or boot-TI-NG), make a new partition with fdisk and reformat the HD in fat32 format

  That to do a fresh install with W98, or better: W2000, which spans a 7220 easily and is much better

  It is best to copy the directory to install W2000, integer i386 installation CD - on the 10 GB HD (which can be done on another PC with a USB connection) and begin the installation of BACK with Windows NT. EXE
  More information about this problem, which you can find here:
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• Toshiba P10-304 crashing, hard drive problems?

  Hi all

  I have a Toshiba P10-304 and its going a bit mental fact lately.

  I am running XP Pro and basically it started crashing frequently and then later he came up with the error: media test failure, check, etc.. So, I thought that the hard drive was dead. Since then, I bought a new hard drive (seagate momentus) and formatted correctly and worked fine for 2 days. But now the 3rd day, he began to display similar symptoms like my old toshiba oem drive. It tends to crash frequently, the continuous drive to make a horrible noise even with the system delayed broke down. It also for the first time displayed the same messages error 'media test failure...' but then started restarted fine, but only to the failure to new about 5 minutes later.

  Ive just finished College and do a bit of web design and its really annoying me so I would appreciate any help.

  See you soon,.
  Eliane

  Hello

  It may be that the IDE controller is faulty, this explains why the new HARD drive also have problems!

  The only thing you can do is contact a partner of Serivce for a medical examination.

  Good bye

• Satellite 4010 CDT - hard drive problems

  I have a HDD MK3018GAP, which I use in a USB caddy as a secondary drive for my XP desktop.

  Now, I want to use it as primary disk in my laptop of CDT 4010, but it does not recognize.

  I also tried to get my win98 desktop to read it via the USB enclosure but it does not recognize it either.

  I guess I may need reformatting Win98 but don't know how to do this when my office win98 does not recognize.

  Any ideas?

  Hello

  As far as I know, this unit was delivered with a HARD of GB 4.1 and your HDD has MK3018GAP of 30 GB disk.
  Well, as Tom, said it could be a problem of recognition of the BIOS because of the large size of HARD drive.