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troy sheppard Posted on Jun 06, 2007
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Changing disks for my hard drive

I couldn't get the parts i needed to repair my hard drive so i decided to repair by taking the disks out and putting them into another hard drive. i have done this but my computer is not reading the drive even as a slave? why is this? what can i do? this is the 1st time i have messed with a drive so i'm not sure what i'm doing! help

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We have a terminology problem here. I assume you mean that you couldn't repair the computer, so you took out the HDs and put them into another computer. The new computer has different hardware, and maybe a different OS, so your solution can't work. If you're going from XP to XP, you may be able to use a repair install, but chances are you need to reinstall the OS. Please speciify the OS on both machines and I may be able to offer more suggestions.

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click start control panel administrive tools ,computer management ,device manager look through all of your devices if you see a yellow question mark?or exclamation mark ! or red x
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Wow well I mostly believe this is hard ware failure, but lets try a few things first..

1.) connect the drive to another system and see if it works..

2.) open up the unit and see what type of drive it uses,,
ensure the cables are intact of if its possible change the
drive..

If those fail, get another external unit and if its possible change the drive the unit has inside it..

IF you are unable to do the above or if it fails you will need to take it to a technician because

1.) To recover the files on the drive
2.) to determine if its recoverable or repairable..
3.) to repair it if possible
4.) to transfer the files to another drive if necessary..

If you wish to try to repair it (if necessary) i can attempt to walk you through it , but the risk is you can cause more harm then actually fix it.. Le me know what you decide.
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