please help! harddrive problem!

[ike]

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i have a maxtor hard drive that will not get recognized by xp pro.

i used to have it internally in an xp home machine, and i have files on it i
want to back up.

however, i cannot back it up if the computer doesnt recognize the drive!
ive tried formatting the drive to both Slave and Cable select, but neither
option works.

any suggestions?

 

[Guest]

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Before we go any further , is the drive seen by the BIOS?
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"ike" <ike@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>i have a maxtor hard drive that will not get recognized by xp pro.
>
> i used to have it internally in an xp home machine, and i have files on it
> i
> want to back up.
>
> however, i cannot back it up if the computer doesnt recognize the drive!
> ive tried formatting the drive to both Slave and Cable select, but neither
> option works.
>
> any suggestions?
>

 

[Guest]

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If the drive is not seen by the bios it may just be too big for the computer
to read or you may have a bad controller card. Or even simpler your IDE
cable may be bad try a new one. After all that if you still have no success
try getting a new controller card they are 30-50 bucks at your local
computer store. If the drive still isnt being seen your drive may be bad.
"ike" <ike@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C565170B-EDF4-412A-B2C5-8C584C35833F@microsoft.com...
> i have a maxtor hard drive that will not get recognized by xp pro.
>
> i used to have it internally in an xp home machine, and i have files on it
i
> want to back up.
>
> however, i cannot back it up if the computer doesnt recognize the drive!
> ive tried formatting the drive to both Slave and Cable select, but neither
> option works.
>
> any suggestions?