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OldLaptopGuy

Post subject: Hard drives spin but not recognized

Posted: December 2nd, 2010, 15:31

Joined: December 2nd, 2010, 15:24
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Location: United States

I have several IDE hard drives that I can hear spinning but can not be recognized! Are these fixable?

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drc

Post subject: Re: Hard drives spin but not recognized

Posted: December 2nd, 2010, 15:56

Joined: August 12th, 2008, 13:11
Posts: 3235
Location: USA

Maybe

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fzabkar

Post subject: Re: Hard drives spin but not recognized

Posted: December 2nd, 2010, 17:54

Joined: September 8th, 2009, 18:21
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Location: Australia

If the drive spins up, then the most likely fault is inside the HDA. Otherwise it is not uncommon for there to be a fault on the IDE interface, eg a stuck data bit.

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dmarques

Post subject: Re: Hard drives spin but not recognized

Posted: December 3rd, 2010, 4:39

Joined: November 6th, 2006, 6:58
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You have to post more details in order to get help from someone.

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