2nd HD not recognized

[JJ]

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I need some direction.
Last week for no apperrant reason my 2nd HD wasen't beeing recogized. I
would like terribly to be able to access some of my data (family pictures
etc.). I tried "Easy Recovery" and was told that my partion was missing. I
was ablre to see some files lists but on recovery most were un accessable. I
am running windows 2000 pro, and have 1mg of RAM, 1st HD 80g, 2nd 250g
(unaccessable).
My question is is it possible to recover my data. I have not done anything
else to the drive in hopes to recover my data.

John

 

[Guest]

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On Wed, 11 May 2005 12:21:28 -0400, "jj" <jj@coco.net> wrote:

>I need some direction.
>Last week for no apperrant reason my 2nd HD wasen't beeing recogized. I
>would like terribly to be able to access some of my data (family pictures
>etc.). I tried "Easy Recovery" and was told that my partion was missing. I
>was ablre to see some files lists but on recovery most were un accessable. I
>am running windows 2000 pro, and have 1mg of RAM, 1st HD 80g, 2nd 250g
>(unaccessable).
>My question is is it possible to recover my data. I have not done anything
>else to the drive in hopes to recover my data.
>
>John
>
Is it being recognized by the BIOS at least?
If not, it may not be spinning or other electrical problem.

Dave

 

[JJ]

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>I need some direction.
>Last week for no apperrant reason my 2nd HD wasen't beeing recogized. I
>would like terribly to be able to access some of my data (family pictures
>etc.). I tried "Easy Recovery" and was told that my partion was missing. I
>was ablre to see some files lists but on recovery most were un accessable.
I
>am running windows 2000 pro, and have 1mg of RAM, 1st HD 80g, 2nd 250g
>(unaccessable).
>My question is is it possible to recover my data. I have not done anything
>else to the drive in hopes to recover my data.
>
>John
>
Is it being recognized by the BIOS at least?
If not, it may not be spinning or other electrical problem.

Dave

Yes it is being recognized by the BIOS.

John

 

[Guest]

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You can try other data recovery software

 

[Guest]

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Hi, John.

What does Disk Management tell you about that HD? (Start | Run, enter:
diskmgmt.msc)

That second HD DID work for a while, right? And then suddenly one morning
"wasn't there"?

What interface do your HDs - especially that second HD - use? Typical IDE
(ATA)? SCSI? SATA? USB?

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
rc@corridor.net
Microsoft Windows MVP

"jj" <jj@coco.net> wrote in message
news:Gewge.2739$Rr3.306@read1.cgocable.net...
> >I need some direction.
>>Last week for no apperrant reason my 2nd HD wasen't beeing recogized. I
>>would like terribly to be able to access some of my data (family pictures
>>etc.). I tried "Easy Recovery" and was told that my partion was missing.
>>I
>>was ablre to see some files lists but on recovery most were un accessable.
> I
>>am running windows 2000 pro, and have 1mg of RAM, 1st HD 80g, 2nd 250g
>>(unaccessable).
>>My question is is it possible to recover my data. I have not done
>>anything
>>else to the drive in hopes to recover my data.
>>
>>John
>>
> Is it being recognized by the BIOS at least?
> If not, it may not be spinning or other electrical problem.
>
> Dave
>
> Yes it is being recognized by the BIOS.
>
> John

 

[dl]

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You could go to the hd manu.site and download the hd checking utility - they
are sometimes able to reserect a failing hd, sufficiently for you to
retrieve data.
Are you able to access the hd, using safe mode/command prompt?

<wemaole@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> You can try other data recovery software
>

 

[JJ]

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>You could go to the hd manu.site and download the hd checking utility -
they
>are sometimes able to reserect a failing hd, sufficiently for you to
>retrieve data.
>Are you able to access the hd, using safe mode/command prompt?

<wemaole@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1115879308.727294.132230@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>> You can try other data recovery software
>>
The results from Disk Manager is:
Volume = (D
Layout = Partition
Type = Basic
File System = _________ (is blank)
Status = Healthy (Active)
Capacity = 232.88 GB
Free Space = 232.88 GB
%free = 100%
Fault Tolerance = no
Overhead = 0%

Haven't tried in safe mode yet but after this message I will.

Thanks
John

 

[peter]

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> >You could go to the hd manu.site and download the hd checking utility -
> they
> >are sometimes able to reserect a failing hd, sufficiently for you to
> >retrieve data.
> >Are you able to access the hd, using safe mode/command prompt?
>
> <wemaole@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:1115879308.727294.132230@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> >> You can try other data recovery software
> >>
> The results from Disk Manager is:
> Volume = (D
> Layout = Partition
> Type = Basic
> File System = _________ (is blank)
> Status = Healthy (Active)
> Capacity = 232.88 GB
> Free Space = 232.88 GB
> %free = 100%
> Fault Tolerance = no
> Overhead = 0%

Bitten by the 137GB bug?
Does your W2K Pro system have SP3 or later and
registry EnableBigLBA implemented?
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;305098

 

[JJ]

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>> The results from Disk Manager is:
>> Volume = (D
>>Layout = Partition
>>Type = Basic
>> File System = _________ (is blank)
>> Status = Healthy (Active)
>>Capacity = 232.88 GB
>> Free Space = 232.88 GB
>> %free = 100%
>> Fault Tolerance = no
>> Overhead = 0%

>Bitten by the 137GB bug?
>Does your W2K Pro system have SP3 or later and
>registry EnableBigLBA implemented?
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;305098

Yes, my system has SP3 installed and I check my registry with, regedit and
regedt32, and both mave the proper settings.

John