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Cloned Additonal Hard Drive Not Recognized
Hi:
I have a Sony VGC-RA716G desktop computer with a WD2500BB 250GB hard drive and used Acronis True Image Home Ver 11.0 to clone internally another exact WD2500BB 250 GB hard drive. Windows MCE(2005) SP3 OS. I have used it before with no problems. In the cloning process I got a sector error or some sort and when the process was through it shut down. At this point I know to disconnect the cloned drive, as failure to do so will mean the clone will not work as a boot disk. I suppose I had my mind on the sector error that caused me not to disconnect the cloned drive. Anyway now I have been unable to get my computer to recognize this HD. I had it connected as cable select Primary Slave and it shows this in the BIOS, but no drive letter is recognized. So I next used Disk Management to try and choose Change Drive Letter and Paths from the menu, but it does not appear there either where I can make this selection. I next thought that maybe by reformatting it with my Sony Recovery DVD that I would put this HD back to its original state, but this also fails. I tried the option of not using the restore partition and doing a complete restore but it also fails. So I have a HD that is recognized in the BIOS as Primary Slave, but have not been able to get Windows OS to recognize it. If anyone knows how I can resolve this issue I will be most appreciative. If I ever get it back you can rest assured I will immediately disconnect it upon clone shutdown in the future. Thanks, ColTom2 |
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ColTom2 wrote:
Hi: I have a Sony VGC-RA716G desktop computer with a WD2500BB 250GB hard drive and used Acronis True Image Home Ver 11.0 to clone internally another exact WD2500BB 250 GB hard drive. Windows MCE(2005) SP3 OS. I have used it before with no problems. In the cloning process I got a sector error or some sort and when the process was through it shut down. At this point I know to disconnect the cloned drive, as failure to do so will mean the clone will not work as a boot disk. I suppose I had my mind on the sector error that caused me not to disconnect the cloned drive. Anyway now I have been unable to get my computer to recognize this HD. I had it connected as cable select Primary Slave and it shows this in the BIOS, but no drive letter is recognized. So I next used Disk Management to try and choose Change Drive Letter and Paths from the menu, but it does not appear there either where I can make this selection. I next thought that maybe by reformatting it with my Sony Recovery DVD that I would put this HD back to its original state, but this also fails. I tried the option of not using the restore partition and doing a complete restore but it also fails. So I have a HD that is recognized in the BIOS as Primary Slave, but have not been able to get Windows OS to recognize it. If anyone knows how I can resolve this issue I will be most appreciative. If I ever get it back you can rest assured I will immediately disconnect it upon clone shutdown in the future. Thanks, ColTom2 If the drive is seen by the bios but does not appear in disk management it is apparently defective try another drive |
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ColTom2 wrote:
Hi: I have a Sony VGC-RA716G desktop computer with a WD2500BB 250GB hard drive and used Acronis True Image Home Ver 11.0 to clone internally another exact WD2500BB 250 GB hard drive. Windows MCE(2005) SP3 OS. I have used it before with no problems. In the cloning process I got a sector error or some sort and when the process was through it shut down. At this point I know to disconnect the cloned drive, as failure to do so will mean the clone will not work as a boot disk. I suppose I had my mind on the sector error that caused me not to disconnect the cloned drive. Anyway now I have been unable to get my computer to recognize this HD. I had it connected as cable select Primary Slave and it shows this in the BIOS, but no drive letter is recognized. So I next used Disk Management to try and choose Change Drive Letter and Paths from the menu, but it does not appear there either where I can make this selection. I next thought that maybe by reformatting it with my Sony Recovery DVD that I would put this HD back to its original state, but this also fails. I tried the option of not using the restore partition and doing a complete restore but it also fails. So I have a HD that is recognized in the BIOS as Primary Slave, but have not been able to get Windows OS to recognize it. If anyone knows how I can resolve this issue I will be most appreciative. If I ever get it back you can rest assured I will immediately disconnect it upon clone shutdown in the future. Thanks, ColTom2 If the drive is seen by the bios but does not appear in disk management it is apparently defective try another drive |
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That was my spare HD that I used as a backup and nothing was wrong with it
until I screwed up by not disconnecting it after clone. Sure hate to wipe one out like that.... ColTom2 "philo" wrote in message ... ColTom2 wrote: Hi: I have a Sony VGC-RA716G desktop computer with a WD2500BB 250GB hard drive and used Acronis True Image Home Ver 11.0 to clone internally another exact WD2500BB 250 GB hard drive. Windows MCE(2005) SP3 OS. I have used it before with no problems. In the cloning process I got a sector error or some sort and when the process was through it shut down. At this point I know to disconnect the cloned drive, as failure to do so will mean the clone will not work as a boot disk. I suppose I had my mind on the sector error that caused me not to disconnect the cloned drive. Anyway now I have been unable to get my computer to recognize this HD. I had it connected as cable select Primary Slave and it shows this in the BIOS, but no drive letter is recognized. So I next used Disk Management to try and choose Change Drive Letter and Paths from the menu, but it does not appear there either where I can make this selection. I next thought that maybe by reformatting it with my Sony Recovery DVD that I would put this HD back to its original state, but this also fails. I tried the option of not using the restore partition and doing a complete restore but it also fails. So I have a HD that is recognized in the BIOS as Primary Slave, but have not been able to get Windows OS to recognize it. If anyone knows how I can resolve this issue I will be most appreciative. If I ever get it back you can rest assured I will immediately disconnect it upon clone shutdown in the future. Thanks, ColTom2 If the drive is seen by the bios but does not appear in disk management it is apparently defective try another drive |
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That was my spare HD that I used as a backup and nothing was wrong with it
until I screwed up by not disconnecting it after clone. Sure hate to wipe one out like that.... ColTom2 "philo" wrote in message ... ColTom2 wrote: Hi: I have a Sony VGC-RA716G desktop computer with a WD2500BB 250GB hard drive and used Acronis True Image Home Ver 11.0 to clone internally another exact WD2500BB 250 GB hard drive. Windows MCE(2005) SP3 OS. I have used it before with no problems. In the cloning process I got a sector error or some sort and when the process was through it shut down. At this point I know to disconnect the cloned drive, as failure to do so will mean the clone will not work as a boot disk. I suppose I had my mind on the sector error that caused me not to disconnect the cloned drive. Anyway now I have been unable to get my computer to recognize this HD. I had it connected as cable select Primary Slave and it shows this in the BIOS, but no drive letter is recognized. So I next used Disk Management to try and choose Change Drive Letter and Paths from the menu, but it does not appear there either where I can make this selection. I next thought that maybe by reformatting it with my Sony Recovery DVD that I would put this HD back to its original state, but this also fails. I tried the option of not using the restore partition and doing a complete restore but it also fails. So I have a HD that is recognized in the BIOS as Primary Slave, but have not been able to get Windows OS to recognize it. If anyone knows how I can resolve this issue I will be most appreciative. If I ever get it back you can rest assured I will immediately disconnect it upon clone shutdown in the future. Thanks, ColTom2 If the drive is seen by the bios but does not appear in disk management it is apparently defective try another drive |
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ColTom2 wrote:
That was my spare HD that I used as a backup and nothing was wrong with it until I screwed up by not disconnecting it after clone. Sure hate to wipe one out like that.... ColTom2 That should not have destroyed the drive "philo" wrote in message ... ColTom2 wrote: Hi: I have a Sony VGC-RA716G desktop computer with a WD2500BB 250GB hard drive and used Acronis True Image Home Ver 11.0 to clone internally another exact WD2500BB 250 GB hard drive. Windows MCE(2005) SP3 OS. I have used it before with no problems. In the cloning process I got a sector error or some sort and when the process was through it shut down. At this point I know to disconnect the cloned drive, as failure to do so will mean the clone will not work as a boot disk. I suppose I had my mind on the sector error that caused me not to disconnect the cloned drive. Anyway now I have been unable to get my computer to recognize this HD. I had it connected as cable select Primary Slave and it shows this in the BIOS, but no drive letter is recognized. So I next used Disk Management to try and choose Change Drive Letter and Paths from the menu, but it does not appear there either where I can make this selection. I next thought that maybe by reformatting it with my Sony Recovery DVD that I would put this HD back to its original state, but this also fails. I tried the option of not using the restore partition and doing a complete restore but it also fails. So I have a HD that is recognized in the BIOS as Primary Slave, but have not been able to get Windows OS to recognize it. If anyone knows how I can resolve this issue I will be most appreciative. If I ever get it back you can rest assured I will immediately disconnect it upon clone shutdown in the future. Thanks, ColTom2 If the drive is seen by the bios but does not appear in disk management it is apparently defective try another drive |
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ColTom2 wrote:
That was my spare HD that I used as a backup and nothing was wrong with it until I screwed up by not disconnecting it after clone. Sure hate to wipe one out like that.... ColTom2 That should not have destroyed the drive "philo" wrote in message ... ColTom2 wrote: Hi: I have a Sony VGC-RA716G desktop computer with a WD2500BB 250GB hard drive and used Acronis True Image Home Ver 11.0 to clone internally another exact WD2500BB 250 GB hard drive. Windows MCE(2005) SP3 OS. I have used it before with no problems. In the cloning process I got a sector error or some sort and when the process was through it shut down. At this point I know to disconnect the cloned drive, as failure to do so will mean the clone will not work as a boot disk. I suppose I had my mind on the sector error that caused me not to disconnect the cloned drive. Anyway now I have been unable to get my computer to recognize this HD. I had it connected as cable select Primary Slave and it shows this in the BIOS, but no drive letter is recognized. So I next used Disk Management to try and choose Change Drive Letter and Paths from the menu, but it does not appear there either where I can make this selection. I next thought that maybe by reformatting it with my Sony Recovery DVD that I would put this HD back to its original state, but this also fails. I tried the option of not using the restore partition and doing a complete restore but it also fails. So I have a HD that is recognized in the BIOS as Primary Slave, but have not been able to get Windows OS to recognize it. If anyone knows how I can resolve this issue I will be most appreciative. If I ever get it back you can rest assured I will immediately disconnect it upon clone shutdown in the future. Thanks, ColTom2 If the drive is seen by the bios but does not appear in disk management it is apparently defective try another drive |
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That's what I thought, but something unknown to me has happened. That is
the reason that I am searching for an answer. Thanks, ColTom2 "philo" wrote in message ... ColTom2 wrote: That was my spare HD that I used as a backup and nothing was wrong with it until I screwed up by not disconnecting it after clone. Sure hate to wipe one out like that.... ColTom2 That should not have destroyed the drive "philo" wrote in message ... ColTom2 wrote: Hi: I have a Sony VGC-RA716G desktop computer with a WD2500BB 250GB hard drive and used Acronis True Image Home Ver 11.0 to clone internally another exact WD2500BB 250 GB hard drive. Windows MCE(2005) SP3 OS. I have used it before with no problems. In the cloning process I got a sector error or some sort and when the process was through it shut down. At this point I know to disconnect the cloned drive, as failure to do so will mean the clone will not work as a boot disk. I suppose I had my mind on the sector error that caused me not to disconnect the cloned drive. Anyway now I have been unable to get my computer to recognize this HD. I had it connected as cable select Primary Slave and it shows this in the BIOS, but no drive letter is recognized. So I next used Disk Management to try and choose Change Drive Letter and Paths from the menu, but it does not appear there either where I can make this selection. I next thought that maybe by reformatting it with my Sony Recovery DVD that I would put this HD back to its original state, but this also fails. I tried the option of not using the restore partition and doing a complete restore but it also fails. So I have a HD that is recognized in the BIOS as Primary Slave, but have not been able to get Windows OS to recognize it. If anyone knows how I can resolve this issue I will be most appreciative. If I ever get it back you can rest assured I will immediately disconnect it upon clone shutdown in the future. Thanks, ColTom2 If the drive is seen by the bios but does not appear in disk management it is apparently defective try another drive |
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That's what I thought, but something unknown to me has happened. That is the reason that I am searching for an answer. Thanks, ColTom2 "philo" wrote in message ... ColTom2 wrote: That was my spare HD that I used as a backup and nothing was wrong with it until I screwed up by not disconnecting it after clone. Sure hate to wipe one out like that.... ColTom2 That should not have destroyed the drive "philo" wrote in message ... ColTom2 wrote: Hi: I have a Sony VGC-RA716G desktop computer with a WD2500BB 250GB hard drive and used Acronis True Image Home Ver 11.0 to clone internally another exact WD2500BB 250 GB hard drive. Windows MCE(2005) SP3 OS. I have used it before with no problems. In the cloning process I got a sector error or some sort and when the process was through it shut down. At this point I know to disconnect the cloned drive, as failure to do so will mean the clone will not work as a boot disk. I suppose I had my mind on the sector error that caused me not to disconnect the cloned drive. Anyway now I have been unable to get my computer to recognize this HD. I had it connected as cable select Primary Slave and it shows this in the BIOS, but no drive letter is recognized. So I next used Disk Management to try and choose Change Drive Letter and Paths from the menu, but it does not appear there either where I can make this selection. I next thought that maybe by reformatting it with my Sony Recovery DVD that I would put this HD back to its original state, but this also fails. I tried the option of not using the restore partition and doing a complete restore but it also fails. So I have a HD that is recognized in the BIOS as Primary Slave, but have not been able to get Windows OS to recognize it. If anyone knows how I can resolve this issue I will be most appreciative. If I ever get it back you can rest assured I will immediately disconnect it upon clone shutdown in the future. Thanks, ColTom2 If the drive is seen by the bios but does not appear in disk management it is apparently defective try another drive |
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"ColTom2" wrote in message ... Hi: I have a Sony VGC-RA716G desktop computer with a WD2500BB 250GB hard drive and used Acronis True Image Home Ver 11.0 to clone internally another exact WD2500BB 250 GB hard drive. Windows MCE(2005) SP3 OS. I have used it before with no problems. In the cloning process I got a sector error or some sort and when the process was through it shut down. At this point I know to disconnect the cloned drive, as failure to do so will mean the clone will not work as a boot disk. I suppose I had my mind on the sector error that caused me not to disconnect the cloned drive. Anyway now I have been unable to get my computer to recognize this HD. I had it connected as cable select Primary Slave and it shows this in the BIOS, but no drive letter is recognized. So I next used Disk Management to try and choose Change Drive Letter and Paths from the menu, but it does not appear there either where I can make this selection. I next thought that maybe by reformatting it with my Sony Recovery DVD that I would put this HD back to its original state, but this also fails. I tried the option of not using the restore partition and doing a complete restore but it also fails. So I have a HD that is recognized in the BIOS as Primary Slave, but have not been able to get Windows OS to recognize it. If anyone knows how I can resolve this issue I will be most appreciative. If I ever get it back you can rest assured I will immediately disconnect it upon clone shutdown in the future. Thanks, ColTom2 Col... 1. First of all, we'll assume that there's no problem with your "source" HDD, i.e., it boots without incident and functions without any problems. That's right, yes? 2. You mention that during the disk-cloning process you "got a sector error or some sort...". But I take it that the disk-cloning process wasn't aborted as a result of that message, i.e., the process presumably completed. Is that correct? 3. You infer that the problem you're now experiencing, i.e., the non-recognition of your secondary HDD, was possibly due to booting to your system with the cloned HDD connected immediately following the disk-cloning operation. It's hard to imagine that had any effect on your current non-recognition problem involving that secondary-connected HDD. While you are correct that with most disk-cloning programs a boot problem involving the newly-cloned HDD *may* occur when the user boots to his/her source HDD with the newly-cloned HDD connected immediately following the disk-cloning operation, that situation (should it occur) should have no effect on the system detecting that drive when it's connected as a secondary HDD in the system. 4. While I understand that you've indicated prior use of the problem drive with no problems experienced, it really would be wise to check out the disk with the WD HDD diagnostic utility. 5. Assuming the disk is non-defective, (and I'm assuming it's a PATA HDD) have you tried connecting the drive to your secondary IDE channel, either as Master or Slave on that channel? And, of course, you're certain the jumper is correctly set. 6. Any chance of installing the drive in another PC? Or do you have a USB external enclosure which you could use with the disk? Anna |
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"ColTom2" wrote in message ... Hi: I have a Sony VGC-RA716G desktop computer with a WD2500BB 250GB hard drive and used Acronis True Image Home Ver 11.0 to clone internally another exact WD2500BB 250 GB hard drive. Windows MCE(2005) SP3 OS. I have used it before with no problems. In the cloning process I got a sector error or some sort and when the process was through it shut down. At this point I know to disconnect the cloned drive, as failure to do so will mean the clone will not work as a boot disk. I suppose I had my mind on the sector error that caused me not to disconnect the cloned drive. Anyway now I have been unable to get my computer to recognize this HD. I had it connected as cable select Primary Slave and it shows this in the BIOS, but no drive letter is recognized. So I next used Disk Management to try and choose Change Drive Letter and Paths from the menu, but it does not appear there either where I can make this selection. I next thought that maybe by reformatting it with my Sony Recovery DVD that I would put this HD back to its original state, but this also fails. I tried the option of not using the restore partition and doing a complete restore but it also fails. So I have a HD that is recognized in the BIOS as Primary Slave, but have not been able to get Windows OS to recognize it. If anyone knows how I can resolve this issue I will be most appreciative. If I ever get it back you can rest assured I will immediately disconnect it upon clone shutdown in the future. Thanks, ColTom2 Col... 1. First of all, we'll assume that there's no problem with your "source" HDD, i.e., it boots without incident and functions without any problems. That's right, yes? 2. You mention that during the disk-cloning process you "got a sector error or some sort...". But I take it that the disk-cloning process wasn't aborted as a result of that message, i.e., the process presumably completed. Is that correct? 3. You infer that the problem you're now experiencing, i.e., the non-recognition of your secondary HDD, was possibly due to booting to your system with the cloned HDD connected immediately following the disk-cloning operation. It's hard to imagine that had any effect on your current non-recognition problem involving that secondary-connected HDD. While you are correct that with most disk-cloning programs a boot problem involving the newly-cloned HDD *may* occur when the user boots to his/her source HDD with the newly-cloned HDD connected immediately following the disk-cloning operation, that situation (should it occur) should have no effect on the system detecting that drive when it's connected as a secondary HDD in the system. 4. While I understand that you've indicated prior use of the problem drive with no problems experienced, it really would be wise to check out the disk with the WD HDD diagnostic utility. 5. Assuming the disk is non-defective, (and I'm assuming it's a PATA HDD) have you tried connecting the drive to your secondary IDE channel, either as Master or Slave on that channel? And, of course, you're certain the jumper is correctly set. 6. Any chance of installing the drive in another PC? Or do you have a USB external enclosure which you could use with the disk? Anna |
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Hi Anna:
I am so delighted to see you answering my question, as you were the one back in Feb 2008 that answered my original questions when I purchased this HDD. Your reply then was the most informative and provided me with the much needed info. In fact, it was you who alerted me about it being imperative to shutdown immediately after completion of clone and remove backup HDD. I still have a lot to learn about HDD's as you can probably tell. 1. My current system boots fine and I ran an analysis last night with Spinrite and no problems were detected. I have it connected to the end of IDE cable with jumper in the no 4 and 6 position.. 2. Yes the disk cloning process completed with no problems even though I did get some kind of sector problem notice. Using Acronis it shutdown the computer upon completion of clone. The cloned drive was detected as Drive "F" which was my next available letter. However, I forgot to remove the HDD as you advised me to do so. 3. I just assume that the problem that I currently have was caused by not removing the HDD upon completion of clone, as I have cloned it previously with no problems using both WD and Acronis software. 4. I tried to use Spinrite to check this HDD, but could not get Spinrite to work even though it's a bootable CD, as you probably know. As I recall Spinrite did identify the HDD in BIOS, but the HDD did not show up otherwise where I could select it to run a repair or analysis. As I mentioned in my original post the HDD does not show up in Disk Management. 5. I have tried connecting it using cable select method as Primary Slave with the jumpers in position 1 and 2 on both HD's. Also tried connecting it as Primary Master with jumper in 4 and 6 position. I don't know what a PATA HDD is, but as I recall it's a SATA HDD. 6. My other two computers are laptops so I do not have a source to connect this HDD. However, I do have an adapter kit for connecting USB 2.0 to SATA/IDE cable and plan to do so later today. I will reply back to you the results, as I now wonder if I am getting power to this HDD. I am hoping that I can find a solution and I am most delighted to have you back assisting me. I know if anyone can resolve this you can. Thanks, Tom "Anna" wrote in message ... "ColTom2" wrote in message ... Hi: I have a Sony VGC-RA716G desktop computer with a WD2500BB 250GB hard drive and used Acronis True Image Home Ver 11.0 to clone internally another exact WD2500BB 250 GB hard drive. Windows MCE(2005) SP3 OS. I have used it before with no problems. In the cloning process I got a sector error or some sort and when the process was through it shut down. At this point I know to disconnect the cloned drive, as failure to do so will mean the clone will not work as a boot disk. I suppose I had my mind on the sector error that caused me not to disconnect the cloned drive. Anyway now I have been unable to get my computer to recognize this HD. I had it connected as cable select Primary Slave and it shows this in the BIOS, but no drive letter is recognized. So I next used Disk Management to try and choose Change Drive Letter and Paths from the menu, but it does not appear there either where I can make this selection. I next thought that maybe by reformatting it with my Sony Recovery DVD that I would put this HD back to its original state, but this also fails. I tried the option of not using the restore partition and doing a complete restore but it also fails. So I have a HD that is recognized in the BIOS as Primary Slave, but have not been able to get Windows OS to recognize it. If anyone knows how I can resolve this issue I will be most appreciative. If I ever get it back you can rest assured I will immediately disconnect it upon clone shutdown in the future. Thanks, ColTom2 Col... 1. First of all, we'll assume that there's no problem with your "source" HDD, i.e., it boots without incident and functions without any problems. That's right, yes? 2. You mention that during the disk-cloning process you "got a sector error or some sort...". But I take it that the disk-cloning process wasn't aborted as a result of that message, i.e., the process presumably completed. Is that correct? 3. You infer that the problem you're now experiencing, i.e., the non-recognition of your secondary HDD, was possibly due to booting to your system with the cloned HDD connected immediately following the disk-cloning operation. It's hard to imagine that had any effect on your current non-recognition problem involving that secondary-connected HDD. While you are correct that with most disk-cloning programs a boot problem involving the newly-cloned HDD *may* occur when the user boots to his/her source HDD with the newly-cloned HDD connected immediately following the disk-cloning operation, that situation (should it occur) should have no effect on the system detecting that drive when it's connected as a secondary HDD in the system. 4. While I understand that you've indicated prior use of the problem drive with no problems experienced, it really would be wise to check out the disk with the WD HDD diagnostic utility. 5. Assuming the disk is non-defective, (and I'm assuming it's a PATA HDD) have you tried connecting the drive to your secondary IDE channel, either as Master or Slave on that channel? And, of course, you're certain the jumper is correctly set. 6. Any chance of installing the drive in another PC? Or do you have a USB external enclosure which you could use with the disk? Anna |
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Hi Anna:
I am so delighted to see you answering my question, as you were the one back in Feb 2008 that answered my original questions when I purchased this HDD. Your reply then was the most informative and provided me with the much needed info. In fact, it was you who alerted me about it being imperative to shutdown immediately after completion of clone and remove backup HDD. I still have a lot to learn about HDD's as you can probably tell. 1. My current system boots fine and I ran an analysis last night with Spinrite and no problems were detected. I have it connected to the end of IDE cable with jumper in the no 4 and 6 position.. 2. Yes the disk cloning process completed with no problems even though I did get some kind of sector problem notice. Using Acronis it shutdown the computer upon completion of clone. The cloned drive was detected as Drive "F" which was my next available letter. However, I forgot to remove the HDD as you advised me to do so. 3. I just assume that the problem that I currently have was caused by not removing the HDD upon completion of clone, as I have cloned it previously with no problems using both WD and Acronis software. 4. I tried to use Spinrite to check this HDD, but could not get Spinrite to work even though it's a bootable CD, as you probably know. As I recall Spinrite did identify the HDD in BIOS, but the HDD did not show up otherwise where I could select it to run a repair or analysis. As I mentioned in my original post the HDD does not show up in Disk Management. 5. I have tried connecting it using cable select method as Primary Slave with the jumpers in position 1 and 2 on both HD's. Also tried connecting it as Primary Master with jumper in 4 and 6 position. I don't know what a PATA HDD is, but as I recall it's a SATA HDD. 6. My other two computers are laptops so I do not have a source to connect this HDD. However, I do have an adapter kit for connecting USB 2.0 to SATA/IDE cable and plan to do so later today. I will reply back to you the results, as I now wonder if I am getting power to this HDD. I am hoping that I can find a solution and I am most delighted to have you back assisting me. I know if anyone can resolve this you can. Thanks, Tom "Anna" wrote in message ... "ColTom2" wrote in message ... Hi: I have a Sony VGC-RA716G desktop computer with a WD2500BB 250GB hard drive and used Acronis True Image Home Ver 11.0 to clone internally another exact WD2500BB 250 GB hard drive. Windows MCE(2005) SP3 OS. I have used it before with no problems. In the cloning process I got a sector error or some sort and when the process was through it shut down. At this point I know to disconnect the cloned drive, as failure to do so will mean the clone will not work as a boot disk. I suppose I had my mind on the sector error that caused me not to disconnect the cloned drive. Anyway now I have been unable to get my computer to recognize this HD. I had it connected as cable select Primary Slave and it shows this in the BIOS, but no drive letter is recognized. So I next used Disk Management to try and choose Change Drive Letter and Paths from the menu, but it does not appear there either where I can make this selection. I next thought that maybe by reformatting it with my Sony Recovery DVD that I would put this HD back to its original state, but this also fails. I tried the option of not using the restore partition and doing a complete restore but it also fails. So I have a HD that is recognized in the BIOS as Primary Slave, but have not been able to get Windows OS to recognize it. If anyone knows how I can resolve this issue I will be most appreciative. If I ever get it back you can rest assured I will immediately disconnect it upon clone shutdown in the future. Thanks, ColTom2 Col... 1. First of all, we'll assume that there's no problem with your "source" HDD, i.e., it boots without incident and functions without any problems. That's right, yes? 2. You mention that during the disk-cloning process you "got a sector error or some sort...". But I take it that the disk-cloning process wasn't aborted as a result of that message, i.e., the process presumably completed. Is that correct? 3. You infer that the problem you're now experiencing, i.e., the non-recognition of your secondary HDD, was possibly due to booting to your system with the cloned HDD connected immediately following the disk-cloning operation. It's hard to imagine that had any effect on your current non-recognition problem involving that secondary-connected HDD. While you are correct that with most disk-cloning programs a boot problem involving the newly-cloned HDD *may* occur when the user boots to his/her source HDD with the newly-cloned HDD connected immediately following the disk-cloning operation, that situation (should it occur) should have no effect on the system detecting that drive when it's connected as a secondary HDD in the system. 4. While I understand that you've indicated prior use of the problem drive with no problems experienced, it really would be wise to check out the disk with the WD HDD diagnostic utility. 5. Assuming the disk is non-defective, (and I'm assuming it's a PATA HDD) have you tried connecting the drive to your secondary IDE channel, either as Master or Slave on that channel? And, of course, you're certain the jumper is correctly set. 6. Any chance of installing the drive in another PC? Or do you have a USB external enclosure which you could use with the disk? Anna |
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Cloned Additonal Hard Drive Not Recognized
"ColTom2" wrote in message ... Hi: I have a Sony VGC-RA716G desktop computer with a WD2500BB 250GB hard drive and used Acronis True Image Home Ver 11.0 to clone internally another exact WD2500BB 250 GB hard drive. Windows MCE(2005) SP3 OS. I have used it before with no problems. In the cloning process I got a sector error or some sort and when the process was through it shut down. At this point I know to disconnect the cloned drive, as failure to do so will mean the clone will not work as a boot disk. I suppose I had my mind on the sector error that caused me not to disconnect the cloned drive. Anyway now I have been unable to get my computer to recognize this HD. I had it connected as cable select Primary Slave and it shows this in the BIOS, but no drive letter is recognized. So I next used Disk Management to try and choose Change Drive Letter and Paths from the menu, but it does not appear there either where I can make this selection. I next thought that maybe by reformatting it with my Sony Recovery DVD that I would put this HD back to its original state, but this also fails. I tried the option of not using the restore partition and doing a complete restore but it also fails. So I have a HD that is recognized in the BIOS as Primary Slave, but have not been able to get Windows OS to recognize it. If anyone knows how I can resolve this issue I will be most appreciative. If I ever get it back you can rest assured I will immediately disconnect it upon clone shutdown in the future. Thanks, ColTom2 "Anna" wrote in message ... Col... 1. First of all, we'll assume that there's no problem with your "source" HDD, i.e., it boots without incident and functions without any problems. That's right, yes? 2. You mention that during the disk-cloning process you "got a sector error or some sort...". But I take it that the disk-cloning process wasn't aborted as a result of that message, i.e., the process presumably completed. Is that correct? 3. You infer that the problem you're now experiencing, i.e., the non-recognition of your secondary HDD, was possibly due to booting to your system with the cloned HDD connected immediately following the disk-cloning operation. It's hard to imagine that had any effect on your current non-recognition problem involving that secondary-connected HDD. While you are correct that with most disk-cloning programs a boot problem involving the newly-cloned HDD *may* occur when the user boots to his/her source HDD with the newly-cloned HDD connected immediately following the disk-cloning operation, that situation (should it occur) should have no effect on the system detecting that drive when it's connected as a secondary HDD in the system. 4. While I understand that you've indicated prior use of the problem drive with no problems experienced, it really would be wise to check out the disk with the WD HDD diagnostic utility. 5. Assuming the disk is non-defective, (and I'm assuming it's a PATA HDD) have you tried connecting the drive to your secondary IDE channel, either as Master or Slave on that channel? And, of course, you're certain the jumper is correctly set. 6. Any chance of installing the drive in another PC? Or do you have a USB external enclosure which you could use with the disk? Anna "ColTom2" wrote in message ... Hi Anna: I am so delighted to see you answering my question, as you were the one back in Feb 2008 that answered my original questions when I purchased this HDD. Your reply then was the most informative and provided me with the much needed info. In fact, it was you who alerted me about it being imperative to shutdown immediately after completion of clone and remove backup HDD. I still have a lot to learn about HDD's as you can probably tell. 1. My current system boots fine and I ran an analysis last night with Spinrite and no problems were detected. I have it connected to the end of IDE cable with jumper in the no 4 and 6 position.. 2. Yes the disk cloning process completed with no problems even though I did get some kind of sector problem notice. Using Acronis it shutdown the computer upon completion of clone. The cloned drive was detected as Drive "F" which was my next available letter. However, I forgot to remove the HDD as you advised me to do so. 3. I just assume that the problem that I currently have was caused by not removing the HDD upon completion of clone, as I have cloned it previously with no problems using both WD and Acronis software. 4. I tried to use Spinrite to check this HDD, but could not get Spinrite to work even though it's a bootable CD, as you probably know. As I recall Spinrite did identify the HDD in BIOS, but the HDD did not show up otherwise where I could select it to run a repair or analysis. As I mentioned in my original post the HDD does not show up in Disk Management. 5. I have tried connecting it using cable select method as Primary Slave with the jumpers in position 1 and 2 on both HD's. Also tried connecting it as Primary Master with jumper in 4 and 6 position. I don't know what a PATA HDD is, but as I recall it's a SATA HDD. 6. My other two computers are laptops so I do not have a source to connect this HDD. However, I do have an adapter kit for connecting USB 2.0 to SATA/IDE cable and plan to do so later today. I will reply back to you the results, as I now wonder if I am getting power to this HDD. I am hoping that I can find a solution and I am most delighted to have you back assisting me. I know if anyone can resolve this you can. Thanks, Tom Tom: 1. For the reasons I previously stated, I really don't think a disk-cloning operation that went awry for one reason or another would have any effect on the "destination" HDD not being detected when the latter is connected as a secondary HDD and there's no problem with the "source" HDD in that it boots & functions without any problems. It seems to me something else is amiss here. 2. Again, I really do think it would be prudent for you to check out the problem disk with the HDD diagnostic utility that's freely available from Western Digital's site. Here are the links for the files to create both the floppy disk & CD versions of the WD diagnostic utility... Floppy - http://support.wdc.com/product/downl...&sid=2&lang=en CD - http://support.wdc.com/product/downl...sid=30&lang=en 3. The HDD in question is a PATA (IDE) drive, not a SATA drive. I'm assuming you've correctly jumpered your HDDs. Again, it would be wise to connect the problem disk on your secondary IDE channel just to determine if the problem lies with the primary slave position on the primary IDE channel. I'm assuming, of course, that your motherboard is equipped with two IDE channels. Anyway, let's see how it goes after you use your USB adapter to determine if the drive is recognized through that means. BTW, our experience with a fairly wide variety of those type of devices has been quite negative - to the point where we generally do not recommend them to users. We've found them most erratic with a high incidence of failure either initially or at some future point in their use. On the other hand a number of users have indicated they're quite satisfied with them. Anna |
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Cloned Additonal Hard Drive Not Recognized
"ColTom2" wrote in message ... Hi: I have a Sony VGC-RA716G desktop computer with a WD2500BB 250GB hard drive and used Acronis True Image Home Ver 11.0 to clone internally another exact WD2500BB 250 GB hard drive. Windows MCE(2005) SP3 OS. I have used it before with no problems. In the cloning process I got a sector error or some sort and when the process was through it shut down. At this point I know to disconnect the cloned drive, as failure to do so will mean the clone will not work as a boot disk. I suppose I had my mind on the sector error that caused me not to disconnect the cloned drive. Anyway now I have been unable to get my computer to recognize this HD. I had it connected as cable select Primary Slave and it shows this in the BIOS, but no drive letter is recognized. So I next used Disk Management to try and choose Change Drive Letter and Paths from the menu, but it does not appear there either where I can make this selection. I next thought that maybe by reformatting it with my Sony Recovery DVD that I would put this HD back to its original state, but this also fails. I tried the option of not using the restore partition and doing a complete restore but it also fails. So I have a HD that is recognized in the BIOS as Primary Slave, but have not been able to get Windows OS to recognize it. If anyone knows how I can resolve this issue I will be most appreciative. If I ever get it back you can rest assured I will immediately disconnect it upon clone shutdown in the future. Thanks, ColTom2 "Anna" wrote in message ... Col... 1. First of all, we'll assume that there's no problem with your "source" HDD, i.e., it boots without incident and functions without any problems. That's right, yes? 2. You mention that during the disk-cloning process you "got a sector error or some sort...". But I take it that the disk-cloning process wasn't aborted as a result of that message, i.e., the process presumably completed. Is that correct? 3. You infer that the problem you're now experiencing, i.e., the non-recognition of your secondary HDD, was possibly due to booting to your system with the cloned HDD connected immediately following the disk-cloning operation. It's hard to imagine that had any effect on your current non-recognition problem involving that secondary-connected HDD. While you are correct that with most disk-cloning programs a boot problem involving the newly-cloned HDD *may* occur when the user boots to his/her source HDD with the newly-cloned HDD connected immediately following the disk-cloning operation, that situation (should it occur) should have no effect on the system detecting that drive when it's connected as a secondary HDD in the system. 4. While I understand that you've indicated prior use of the problem drive with no problems experienced, it really would be wise to check out the disk with the WD HDD diagnostic utility. 5. Assuming the disk is non-defective, (and I'm assuming it's a PATA HDD) have you tried connecting the drive to your secondary IDE channel, either as Master or Slave on that channel? And, of course, you're certain the jumper is correctly set. 6. Any chance of installing the drive in another PC? Or do you have a USB external enclosure which you could use with the disk? Anna "ColTom2" wrote in message ... Hi Anna: I am so delighted to see you answering my question, as you were the one back in Feb 2008 that answered my original questions when I purchased this HDD. Your reply then was the most informative and provided me with the much needed info. In fact, it was you who alerted me about it being imperative to shutdown immediately after completion of clone and remove backup HDD. I still have a lot to learn about HDD's as you can probably tell. 1. My current system boots fine and I ran an analysis last night with Spinrite and no problems were detected. I have it connected to the end of IDE cable with jumper in the no 4 and 6 position.. 2. Yes the disk cloning process completed with no problems even though I did get some kind of sector problem notice. Using Acronis it shutdown the computer upon completion of clone. The cloned drive was detected as Drive "F" which was my next available letter. However, I forgot to remove the HDD as you advised me to do so. 3. I just assume that the problem that I currently have was caused by not removing the HDD upon completion of clone, as I have cloned it previously with no problems using both WD and Acronis software. 4. I tried to use Spinrite to check this HDD, but could not get Spinrite to work even though it's a bootable CD, as you probably know. As I recall Spinrite did identify the HDD in BIOS, but the HDD did not show up otherwise where I could select it to run a repair or analysis. As I mentioned in my original post the HDD does not show up in Disk Management. 5. I have tried connecting it using cable select method as Primary Slave with the jumpers in position 1 and 2 on both HD's. Also tried connecting it as Primary Master with jumper in 4 and 6 position. I don't know what a PATA HDD is, but as I recall it's a SATA HDD. 6. My other two computers are laptops so I do not have a source to connect this HDD. However, I do have an adapter kit for connecting USB 2.0 to SATA/IDE cable and plan to do so later today. I will reply back to you the results, as I now wonder if I am getting power to this HDD. I am hoping that I can find a solution and I am most delighted to have you back assisting me. I know if anyone can resolve this you can. Thanks, Tom Tom: 1. For the reasons I previously stated, I really don't think a disk-cloning operation that went awry for one reason or another would have any effect on the "destination" HDD not being detected when the latter is connected as a secondary HDD and there's no problem with the "source" HDD in that it boots & functions without any problems. It seems to me something else is amiss here. 2. Again, I really do think it would be prudent for you to check out the problem disk with the HDD diagnostic utility that's freely available from Western Digital's site. Here are the links for the files to create both the floppy disk & CD versions of the WD diagnostic utility... Floppy - http://support.wdc.com/product/downl...&sid=2&lang=en CD - http://support.wdc.com/product/downl...sid=30&lang=en 3. The HDD in question is a PATA (IDE) drive, not a SATA drive. I'm assuming you've correctly jumpered your HDDs. Again, it would be wise to connect the problem disk on your secondary IDE channel just to determine if the problem lies with the primary slave position on the primary IDE channel. I'm assuming, of course, that your motherboard is equipped with two IDE channels. Anyway, let's see how it goes after you use your USB adapter to determine if the drive is recognized through that means. BTW, our experience with a fairly wide variety of those type of devices has been quite negative - to the point where we generally do not recommend them to users. We've found them most erratic with a high incidence of failure either initially or at some future point in their use. On the other hand a number of users have indicated they're quite satisfied with them. Anna |
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