ide hard drive not recognized in my computer

dizzydino

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computer = hp pavilion a1440n
os = windows 7
has both ide and sata capabilities

ide drive does not show up in my computer but does show in the bios and in computer management. i am trying to recover files from it.

the ide drive in question is a wd1200 from another computer, was a ntfs format and was operating as slave.

it is mounted mid ribbon to the dvd and as slave. i have tried the jumpers in a few different positions, uninstalling and re-installing each time, but to no avail.

in computer management, it lists as disk 0, basic, 111.79 gb, online.
the partition lists it as 111.79 gb, healthy active, primary partition.
the file system is not listed at all, blank.
layout = simple
type = basic

the drive properties, general tab says it is working properly.
location 1, channel 0, target 1, lun 0.
the volumes tab says the partition style is a mbr but should be a ntfs.

if i right click the disk or partition, everything is grayed out except delete volume.

the computer the disk came from is an even older compaq which is now running linux mint 17. this drive was in that computer when that was installed but should not have been effected.

the drive appears to have power and is running.

sorry for the no-caps, keyboard issue.

if anyone can suggest a way to get this data off by having the disk recognized by my computer i will be very thankful as i am now stumped. thank you for your considerations.
 
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That was intriguing "out of the box" thinking. It appears there were errors in the data of the File System in the Partition. Your solution was to delete the Partition and then use data recovery software to get the data back, understanding that such software does NOT depend on reliable data in the Partition Table and File System areas. Great work!

Paperdoc

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First, it is almost surely correct that your old HDD has an MBR type of Partition. NTFS is the File System type installed on that Partition. These are not problems.

Some systems and components had a difficult time with an HDD and an optical drive on the same IDE port. Some optical drives could not function as the port Master device. Try this. Reset the jumpers on that old HDD and the optical drive unit so that the HDD is the Master (or Master with Slave Present, if that is a choice) and the optical unit is the Slave. Be sure to use the jumper placement diagrams on each device - they may be different! Re-arrange the data cable so that the Master device (HDD) is on the Black connector on the END, and the optical drive (Slave) is on the Grey MIDDLE connector.

See if that will work.

If necessary, in Disk Management RIGHT-click on the HDD's Partition and see if you can give it a letter name (IF it does not have one already).
 

dizzydino

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Thanks for that.

I tried every possible configuration but still to no avail.
I finally decided to think about "how" to think about this dilemma and out of the box, out of linear and out of nowhere, I got another idea...

I knew of some software to recover disk partitions so decided to delete and reformat the drive to make access to it and it worked. I then ran the "free" software and found just about all that I was looking for but also found I could only "see" it in the "free" context. I did a work around and extracted the data successfully, transferred it to my other drive, reformatted the drive again and it seems to be perfectly operational now.

I chose not to reveal the name of the software due to the fact I don't want to do them any favors. I was pissed to find out I could not extract the data without a code, which I found a solution on YouTube, and what would have been a waste of my time if I had not found a work around.

Id just like to thank you for your assistance and put this solution up as an alternative if anyone gets stuck like I did.
 

Paperdoc

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That was intriguing "out of the box" thinking. It appears there were errors in the data of the File System in the Partition. Your solution was to delete the Partition and then use data recovery software to get the data back, understanding that such software does NOT depend on reliable data in the Partition Table and File System areas. Great work!
 
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