IDE HD has power but is not seen in BIOS
yossarian084
Norwich, VT, USA Member
This is a continuation of my previous thread after doing some more trouble shooting.
The HD is spinning so power is not the problem. I've used the other IDE connector that works on the other IDE HD I have (I know, I know, they are dinosaurs but I have these two in my comp for old times sake).
I'm just wondering what would happen to make the drive not be recognized my the CPU and MOBO.
The oly thing I really care about on there is my photos.
Thanks for any advice.
The HD is spinning so power is not the problem. I've used the other IDE connector that works on the other IDE HD I have (I know, I know, they are dinosaurs but I have these two in my comp for old times sake).
I'm just wondering what would happen to make the drive not be recognized my the CPU and MOBO.
The oly thing I really care about on there is my photos.
Thanks for any advice.
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If the hard drive is alone on the IDE cable, it could be that the drive is damaged. You could try it in another computer, but I wouldn't hold too much hope of success.
Can a pro at least retrieve the data? The disks inside are probably fine......
Data recovery can be expensive, so this is another option, but it may not work (and then you'd have another old IDE drive laying around).