Okay, so, this is an older issue I have decided to try to fix again.
About two years ago, I screwed up windows on one hard drive. So I bought another, got it working. Somewhere along the process of hooking the new one to the old one [the data on it is fine; I had just screwed up windows, and didn't want to reformat everything. A while later I was told I likely wouldn't have had to reformat, but that's beside the point] somethin' screwed up. I don't know if I had bumped it too hard while sliding it back into the slot or what. I have read that if you hook the data cable to the drive without hooking the power cable up too or something like that it'll mess with CMOS, and I might have done this, but I don't know what to do about that.
I think I had actually gotten it working, and then it just stopped reading the drive. While in windows. I don't remember.
The bottom line is this: if it's hooked up at all, BIOS doesn't know what it is. Period. Despite that this is the hard drive that actually came with the computer.
Also, not only will it not work on it's own, but if the newer hard drive is connected too, it won't recognize either of them.
All I do know about this is that it ain't the jumpers. I've tried every setting, and gotten no result.
How do I fix this? I just want the data off it.
...Is it even remotely possible that my flash drive is affecting this? I know it's a shot in the dark, but I had left it plugged in when I re-installed windows, and the result is that while I can browse stuff on it, it's somehow read-only. Also, it somehow took the D: slot, so my cd and dvd drives are now E: and F:.
About two years ago, I screwed up windows on one hard drive. So I bought another, got it working. Somewhere along the process of hooking the new one to the old one [the data on it is fine; I had just screwed up windows, and didn't want to reformat everything. A while later I was told I likely wouldn't have had to reformat, but that's beside the point] somethin' screwed up. I don't know if I had bumped it too hard while sliding it back into the slot or what. I have read that if you hook the data cable to the drive without hooking the power cable up too or something like that it'll mess with CMOS, and I might have done this, but I don't know what to do about that.
I think I had actually gotten it working, and then it just stopped reading the drive. While in windows. I don't remember.
The bottom line is this: if it's hooked up at all, BIOS doesn't know what it is. Period. Despite that this is the hard drive that actually came with the computer.
Also, not only will it not work on it's own, but if the newer hard drive is connected too, it won't recognize either of them.
All I do know about this is that it ain't the jumpers. I've tried every setting, and gotten no result.
How do I fix this? I just want the data off it.
...Is it even remotely possible that my flash drive is affecting this? I know it's a shot in the dark, but I had left it plugged in when I re-installed windows, and the result is that while I can browse stuff on it, it's somehow read-only. Also, it somehow took the D: slot, so my cd and dvd drives are now E: and F:.
