Installing new hdd

chuck990 · 30 Oct 2010 at 17:54

So just bought an adapter to connect my 2.5" IDE drive to my main pc. I plug it in, and its not found in the bios

. Is it a problem that i have a SATA boot drive? How can i go about finding it?

Thanks

Coxyis · 30 Oct 2010 at 21:33

How is it connected to your pc, USB?

Can you see it once booted into windows or whatever operating system you're using?

Bubba · 30 Oct 2010 at 22:11

Do you have it plugged in the correct way, it should be keyed but some of them are not.

chuck990 · 30 Oct 2010 at 22:41

its connected with a 2.5 to 3.5" IDE adapter into the mobo, the adapter has a 1 etched on one end and this end is the same as pin number one on the hdd, the jumpers at the end however i dont know what to do with...

Bubba · 30 Oct 2010 at 23:11

What model of HDD is it and is the HDD spinning up?

Just making sure but you do have the molex cable plugged in?

chuck990 · 30 Oct 2010 at 23:13

its an old fujitsu and doesnt appear to spin

its the only boot device plugged in now. no satas plugged it, still not found in bios

Bubba · 30 Oct 2010 at 23:22

If both ends of the cable are plugged in correctly and you have the power cable plugged in, then its most likely a faulty hard drive, although some of these adapters are not made very well and the power connection is a bit dodgey sometimes.

chuck990 · 31 Oct 2010 at 09:33

be a shame if it is faulty.... is it worth trying to replace the adapter to check?

theron · 31 Oct 2010 at 20:07

depends if u got info on it that u want?

a few years ago i tried to use my hdd out of my dead laptop as a boot drive but my pc (a skt 939 with ddr

) wouldn't let me boot from it. i just went into windows, got all the info i wanted and used it as a drinks coaster

maybe the connections are not as tight as you think? tried a different power connector from the psu?

chuck990 · 31 Oct 2010 at 20:31

well i used a different power connector... it worked for about half an hour but half the data was corrupted in some way, couldnt open half of it

got what i could and was just checking through photos hen it stopped working completely, was still spinning but windows couldnt "see" it, drinks coaster it is