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sumanrajan435
 Post subject: hdd problem
PostPosted: December 24th, 2013, 4:59 
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hi ..
i recently added a internal hdd of my friend on to my system..
it seems to not get recognized...
disk 1 is the new one..
i am getting a i/o error ..when doing intilization..
its filled with data..could some one help me over here..i dont want to format it .... :cry:
but if its the last thing to do ..plz ..give the very basic stuff to do that because i am a newbie...
Any help would be greatly appreciated.. :D


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jerovsek
 Post subject: Re: hdd problem
PostPosted: December 24th, 2013, 5:26 
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hello,

could you post more info about hard drive
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sumanrajan435
 Post subject: Re: hdd problem
PostPosted: December 24th, 2013, 5:44 
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jerovsek wrote:
hello,

could you post more info about hard drive
what kinda ..a informaion really...?
when i open my computer..only my previous hdd gets recognised and i am ale to access ans see it ..while my second (new one)..i cannot see it..it says the new one is working properly..no problems ...


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HaQue
 Post subject: Re: hdd problem
PostPosted: December 24th, 2013, 5:46 
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Hi, try "Partition Find and Mount" http://findandmount.com/

once it has scanned the disk, then I would suggest to choose make an image of the drive.

Is the drive actually 4GB?

once you have an image, you can just mount the image(it will show up as a drive, say V:) you can just copy files, or if the image wont mount, perform data recovery on the image.
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rameez
 Post subject: Re: hdd problem
PostPosted: December 24th, 2013, 6:11 
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Location: In ur HDD !
Its a firmware issue contact a pro .
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pcimage
 Post subject: Re: hdd problem
PostPosted: December 24th, 2013, 6:53 
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More like bad heads IMHO

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sumanrajan435
 Post subject: Re: hdd problem
PostPosted: December 24th, 2013, 12:57 
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tried find and mount ...no use ..getting errors...


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sumanrajan435
 Post subject: Re: hdd problem
PostPosted: December 24th, 2013, 13:03 
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its actually a 500 gb hdd now showing only ..about 4gb ..dont know ..why..?..i am a newbie to all these... :oops:
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shahij
 Post subject: Re: hdd problem
PostPosted: December 24th, 2013, 13:05 
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It's ROM mismatch or FW, according to the visible scene.

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sumanrajan435
 Post subject: Re: hdd problem
PostPosted: December 24th, 2013, 13:19 
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can you explain it a bit.... or ....could you be more simple... :(
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sumanrajan435
 Post subject: Re: hdd problem
PostPosted: December 24th, 2013, 13:22 
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it is actually a 500 gb hdd ..but now showing ..only ..3.86gb unallocated and not intililized ...
..........if there is nothing to do...someone plz explain how to format if its possible..?
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labtech
 Post subject: Re: hdd problem
PostPosted: December 24th, 2013, 15:28 
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Does the drive spin down after power on? Wait few seconds and check.

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sumanrajan435
 Post subject: Re: hdd problem
PostPosted: December 25th, 2013, 5:01 
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disk is spinning ..i am able to hear the sound ..when power is up....
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labtech
 Post subject: Re: hdd problem
PostPosted: December 26th, 2013, 7:31 
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sumanrajan435 wrote:
disk is spinning ..i am able to hear the sound ..when power is up....

Not asking if it spins up as it should. That's fine. The question is if the drive spins down after 10 seconds, let's say?

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labtech
 Post subject: Re: hdd problem
PostPosted: December 26th, 2013, 9:37 
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Spildit wrote:
...that involves shifting firmware zone address for the 2 copies of the firmware on the platters in a way that the drive doesn't read Sa at startup, then it provides the oportunity to load from a loader - module 11 - ro we can read firmware tracks or search for modules on the correct location.

I thought the OP indicated the problem drive is a Seagate. Is there a similar solution for a Seagate drive?

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sumanrajan435
 Post subject: Re: hdd problem
PostPosted: December 27th, 2013, 13:00 
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i heard that...ubuntu live cd ..can do the trick fixxing ..drive and so on ...?..is that true..?
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sumanrajan435
 Post subject: Re: hdd problem
PostPosted: December 28th, 2013, 2:27 
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I want to object..
I searched..the net and found..by using a live linux cd you can view and repair your hdd using.. Disk utility..
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sumanrajan435
 Post subject: Re: hdd problem
PostPosted: December 28th, 2013, 2:30 
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I am fed by with this data recovery thing..
I want to format. It. But puzzled with that tooo..
Dont know how to do it..:(..
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HaQue
 Post subject: Re: hdd problem
PostPosted: December 28th, 2013, 9:08 
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It is like saying "can I repair my car with a screwdriver?" You can in some cases, but you need to know what is wrong.

In this case, at the moment you have no idea what is actually wrong with the Hard Disk.... You don't actually believe there is a "Disk Utility" that fixes all hard disk problems do you?

How about you link to the specific page you found that outlined fixing a hard disk with a Linux liveCD and we can evaluate how successful it may be in your case? Or the name of the disk utility.
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sumanrajan435
 Post subject: Re: hdd problem
PostPosted: December 30th, 2013, 3:06 
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I got a live cd.. And tried disk utility.. Tried to format with it.. No use..
Right now really fed up with this hdd...
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