Mobile/PDA About Us Advertise here
User User name Password  
  Not registered yet? Register here.
Lost your password? Click here. 		 
  Home   News   Guides   Downloads   Glossary   Hardware   Profiles   Forums   v4  
 Advertise at AfterDawn.com     Link to us!     Private messages     Compose a private message     List of all updated threads     Threads without replies     Search messages
Friday 29.11.2024 / 04:05
Search AfterDawn Forums:        In English   Suomeksi   På svenska
afterdawn.com > forums > pc hardware > other pc hardware > trying to turn my internal hard drive into external, need help?
Show topics
 
Forums
Forums
Trying to turn my internal hard drive into external, need help?
  Jump to:
 
Posted Message
mokorean
Newbie
_ 		20. May 2010 @ 15:58 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Ok my desktop went out so I want to use that hard drive on my laptop. I bought a external hard drive case and installed the hard drive into the enclosue and set it as master. when I plug it into my laptop via usb it says that the ide to usb device has been installed successfully but when I try to use it, it says insert disk and it reads as a removable disk on my computer. how can I get the hard drive to work on my laptop?
[ + quote]
Advertisement
_ 		__
ddp
Moderator
_ 		20. May 2010 @ 16:16 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
take the jumper off for master as don't need it, mine doesn't.
[ + quote]
mokorean
Newbie
_ 		20. May 2010 @ 16:44 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by ddp:
 take the jumper off for master as don't need it, mine doesn't.
thanks for the advice ddp but its still doing the same thing. This hard drive was the main hard drive on my desktop until my motherboard blew a capacitor so it still has all my files and the xp operating sytem on it. Is there something i'm supposed to do for it to be readable as a portable hard drive?
[ + quote]
ddp
Moderator
_ 		20. May 2010 @ 23:35 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
what make is the hard drive?
[ + quote]
mokorean
Newbie
_ 		21. May 2010 @ 00:29 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by ddp:
 what make is the hard drive?
it is a western digital caviar 250 gb.
[ + quote]
mokorean
Newbie
_ 		22. May 2010 @ 18:33 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
nobody ever had this problem?
[ + quote]
ddp
Moderator
_ 		22. May 2010 @ 23:49 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
try restarting the pc with the external hd still plugged in as found that sometimes you have to do that but not always. have you tried it on another pc to see what happens?
[ + quote]
mokorean
Newbie
_ 		23. May 2010 @ 18:29 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by ddp:
 try restarting the pc with the external hd still plugged in as found that sometimes you have to do that but not always. have you tried it on another pc to see what happens?
yes I tried it on 2 different computers. on the first one it said installing ide to usb device is successful but when I searched for it it was no where to be found. I checked to see if it was in disk management but it didn't show up. I tried it on the second computer and it would say that it couldn't install properly. the first computer is vista and the second is xp. thanks for the response btw ddp.
[ + quote]
ddp
Moderator
_ 		23. May 2010 @ 21:30 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
does the external come with power cord or power adapter? have you tried back usb ports not just front?
[ + quote]
mokorean
Newbie
_ 		23. May 2010 @ 21:37 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
yes it has a power cord and I tried all usb ports on both comps. this is becoming a headache lol
[ + quote]
ddp
Moderator
_ 		23. May 2010 @ 21:47 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
does the bios see the drive? were the other 2 pc's laptops or desktops because if desktop then try the drive in the desktop?
[ + quote]
mokorean
Newbie
_ 		23. May 2010 @ 23:01 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
no the bios doesn't see the drive in either computer and they're both laptops, it was my desktop that blew a capacitor on the motherboard and now i'm thinking that maybe it fried my hard drive as well. I hooked up an old dvd burner to the connections of the hard drive enclosure and the computer picked it up instantly but when I hook the hard drive up nothing happens. thanks for all the help but i'm just expexting the worse now. thanks again ddp.
[ + quote]
Advertisement
_ 		__
 
_
ddp
Moderator
_ 		23. May 2010 @ 23:16 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
try on a friend's pc internally just to make certain but i was kinda thinking same on it being fried.
[ + quote]
afterdawn.com > forums > pc hardware > other pc hardware > trying to turn my internal hard drive into external, need help?
 

Digital video: AfterDawn.com | AfterDawn Forums
Music: MP3Lizard.com
Gaming: Blasteroids.com | Blasteroids Forums | Compare game prices
Software: Software downloads
Blogs: User profile pages
RSS feeds: AfterDawn.com News | Software updates | AfterDawn Forums
International: AfterDawn in Finnish | AfterDawn in Swedish | AfterDawn in Norwegian | download.fi
Navigate: Search | Site map
About us: About AfterDawn Ltd | Advertise on our sites | Rules, Restrictions, Legal disclaimer & Privacy policy
Contact us: Send feedback | Contact our media sales team
 
  © 1999-2024 by AfterDawn Ltd.

  IDG TechNetwork