Window 7 won't recognize the IDE HD!!!

[inmate]

I've been using my Window 7 for a few months now. I installed the window 7 on my sata hd and IDE as slave. Just recently, I was checking my PSU and pulled the IDE cable out from the hd and put it back in. Turned it on and the window 7 was looking for a driver couldn't install it. My IDE drive is not recognized on the window anymore.

Searched around and went to the disk management to add drive name. However, when I added drive, and went into the drive; it could not read all the files that were on that drive. It was a blank drive with the amount of gig that is left and couldn't read. What can I do? Having the master on Sata worked be4.

 

[madmansam]

set your ide disk as a master or cable select

 

[inmate]

set your ide disk as a master or cable select

Set it as Master, can the window be on the Sata(slave)? Why problem now and not be4?

 

[Aphelion]

I've been using my Window 7 for a few months now. I installed the window 7 on my sata hd and IDE as slave. Just recently, I was checking my PSU and pulled the IDE cable out from the hd and put it back in. Turned it on and the window 7 was looking for a driver couldn't install it. My IDE drive is not recognized on the window anymore.

Searched around and went to the disk management to add drive name. However, when I added drive, and went into the drive; it could not read all the files that were on that drive. It was a blank drive with the amount of gig that is left and couldn't read. What can I do? Having the master on Sata worked be4.

First... make sure your hardware is ok.

-Check the drive cable at the motherboard end.

-Pull the cable out of the drive and check to make sure you haven't bent a pin.

-Replug the power supply cable.

Why did you check the PSU? Is it possible it's not supplying enough power to the drive.

Ap

 

[madmansam]

set your ide disk as a master or cable select

Set it as Master, can the window be on the Sata(slave)? Why problem now and not be4?

NO will not be a slave .. sata is not on the same IDE cable

 

[inmate]

set your ide disk as a master or cable select

Set it as Master, can the window be on the Sata(slave)? Why problem now and not be4?

NO will not be a slave .. sata is not on the same IDE cable

You want me to set my IDE as master, even though the window is on my sata HD right now?

I can set using that little rubber on the back of the hard drive, what is cable select?

 

[madmansam]

cable select is not master nor slave you can plug any of the two socket of the ide cable as long as you got the right end pluged to the Mobo .. jumper setting usually printed on the drive ...and set your sata drive as first boot .

 

[inmate]

cable select is not master nor slave you can plug any of the two socket of the ide cable as long as you got the right end pluged to the Mobo .. jumper setting usually printed on the drive ...and set your sata drive as first boot .

I found my IDE hard drive does have cable select. I will set it to that. Next is booting from sata. Is this when you go into Bios?

 

[Aphelion]

cable select is not master nor slave you can plug any of the two socket of the ide cable as long as you got the right end pluged to the Mobo .. jumper setting usually printed on the drive ...and set your sata drive as first boot .

I found my IDE hard drive does have cable select. I will set it to that. Next is booting from sata. Is this when you go into Bios?

You shouldn't need to go into BIOS.
CS will automatically be recognized.

Question, when your drive originally was unplugged, did you re-attach using the same cable and the same connector? Slave connector is grey, master is black. With CS it doesn't make any difference?

Ap

 

[inmate]

cable select is not master nor slave you can plug any of the two socket of the ide cable as long as you got the right end pluged to the Mobo .. jumper setting usually printed on the drive ...and set your sata drive as first boot .

I found my IDE hard drive does have cable select. I will set it to that. Next is booting from sata. Is this when you go into Bios?

You shouldn't need to go into BIOS.
CS will automatically be recognized.

Question, when your drive originally was unplugged, did you re-attach using the same cable and the same connector? Slave connector is grey, master is black. With CS it doesn't make any difference?

Ap

I have the 80 sum IDE cable. Connected the same from one end to the other. I read that the middle is the slave right? So if I connect from one end to another, that makes it master. Tell me if I'm correct.

 

[Aphelion]

I have the 80 sum IDE cable. Connected the same from one end to the other. I read that the middle is the slave right? So if I connect from one end to another, that makes it master. Tell me if I'm correct.

Go by color, master IDE connector should be black, slave is grey.
So... yes, end to end should be master. But if you use the cable select jumper on the drive, it shouldn't matter.

What I don't understand is... this worked before didn't it?
Are you sure something didn't happen physically to the connection?

Ap

 

[inmate]

I have the 80 sum IDE cable. Connected the same from one end to the other. I read that the middle is the slave right? So if I connect from one end to another, that makes it master. Tell me if I'm correct.

Go by color, master IDE connector should be black, slave is grey.
So... yes, end to end should be master. But if you use the cable select jumper on the drive, it shouldn't matter.

What I don't understand is... this worked before didn't it?
Are you sure something didn't happen physically to the connection?

Ap

My old set up worked be4 (IDE on slave). My PSU died recently and I was pulling cable out to reconnect and check. When I was able to turn on, the IDE was not recognized, window was looking for a driver. Disk Management to add drive name. However, everything that is on the drive cannot be seen.

My new PSU is coming on tuesday, so I will check again with this new set up. I also just learned about cable select, wow....I never knew about that.

BTW, what is CLJ setting on my jumper setting?

 

[Aphelion]

My old set up worked be4 (IDE on slave). My PSU died recently and I was pulling cable out to reconnect and check. When I was able to turn on, the IDE was not recognized, window was looking for a driver. Disk Management to add drive name. However, everything that is on the drive cannot be seen.

My new PSU is coming on tuesday, so I will check again with this new set up. I also just learned about cable select, wow....I never knew about that.

BTW, what is CLJ setting on my jumper setting?

The CLJ jumper limits the drive capacity, don't change that.

Have you checked the drive's IDE connector for a bent pin?
You've plugged the IDE cable and the power supply cable in.

Ap

 

[madmansam]

I have the 80 sum IDE cable. Connected the same from one end to the other. I read that the middle is the slave right? So if I connect from one end to another, that makes it master. Tell me if I'm correct.

Go by color, master IDE connector should be black, slave is grey.
So... yes, end to end should be master. But if you use the cable select jumper on the drive, it shouldn't matter.

What I don't understand is... this worked before didn't it?
Are you sure something didn't happen physically to the connection?

Ap

My old set up worked be4 (IDE on slave). My PSU died recently and I was pulling cable out to reconnect and check. When I was able to turn on, the IDE was not recognized, window was looking for a driver. Disk Management to add drive name. However, everything that is on the drive cannot be seen.

My new PSU is coming on tuesday, so I will check again with this new set up. I also just learned about cable select, wow....I never knew about that.

BTW, what is CLJ setting on my jumper setting?

You need CB (cable select) if you having problem with managing that just take the jumper out and connect drive to the cable.. I think it was working before because the cable end was correctly connected but when you reconnected you didn't put it back as it was ..we all do that sometimes or a pin bent or the cable not plugged in properly.. good luck.

 

[acurasd]

actually it really doesn't matter where you put it on the cable...

what matters is how you set up your jumpers...

rule of thumb is that you always put your hard drive at the end of the cable....which will be the primary... secondary will be in the middle.

If you are going to use a secondary IED hard drive they want you to use the secondary IED, don't put two IED hard drives on the same ribbon.

I would put your primary hard drive using the MASTER jumper and if you put a secondary IED device on the same ribbon... then just either use CABLE SELECT or SLAVE... It also depends on the BIOS your using as well becuase alot of them treat them differently.

 

[inmate]

My PSU is coming soon so I will try it all. Cable select the IDE hd and have it master. Then my window will be on the sata and boot it from there. Thankzz team, I learned alotttt.

None of my pin are bent. Also I didn't change any set up except pulling it out and put it back in.

 

[inmate]

I got my PSU today. Plugged it in and my computer is on again. My IDE still not recognized in disk management. Disk management only have C: and Reserved primary. What should I do?