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krazykemist · 08-14-2003, 09:54 PM

Has anyone heard of Hard Drives being damaged by an EIDE port?

I just bought and installed a new mobo.
Setup windows and all ran fine.
Had main HD and CD-RW on EIDE port 1.
2 storage HD on EIDE port 2.
And 3 other storage drives on a Promise card.

All HDs appeared in BIOS.
Windows only showed the Main HD and 3 on the Promise card though.
Went to the Disk Management (Win XP) and the 2 on EIDE port 2 were showing there just unallocated.
One is an 80G and the other a 100G. Both were about 75% full.
I took the HDs out and put them into another computer and they showed the same thing. Unallocated.
Few days later I installed one of the storage drives on EIDE 2 after removing all other HD from the Promise card earlier.
It too now shows unallocated after having been recognized on the Promise card earlier.
I have tried the drives on another computer and ran Linux setup disk to detect them and they still show unallocated.
I later one of the drives and then it was able to be recognized and written to on the other computer.

I was able to narrow down everything to I think the second EIDE port on the mobo. All drives that now do not work have done so after being installed on EIDE 2. Different systems, OS and hardware have been tried.

1. What could cause them to become unallocated just by installing on the port and booting?

2. Any way data can be recovered from remaining 2 unallocated HD?

Dragonlich · 08-14-2003, 10:47 PM

I had a similarly strange experience back in the olde days... I had hooked up my floppy drive in the wrong way (cable was one pin off...). Net result: every single floppy I inserted ended up dead.

Have you tried using an olde disk on IDE 2 to test if you can format and use it?

If all else fails, I suggest you visit the store you bought the mobo from.

krazykemist · 08-15-2003, 01:39 PM

Yes Ive verified that formatting will enable me to write to the disk again.

Some of the documents and work on one of the drives is not replaceable so concerned about retrieving that data.

Tried data recovery software but since the drive shows unallocated its not assigned a drive letter and therefore a path cannot be found to search it.

08-14-2003, 09:54 PM	#1 (permalink)
krazykemist Psycho Location: New Orleans	EIDE and Hard Drives Has anyone heard of Hard Drives being damaged by an EIDE port? I just bought and installed a new mobo. Setup windows and all ran fine. Had main HD and CD-RW on EIDE port 1. 2 storage HD on EIDE port 2. And 3 other storage drives on a Promise card. All HDs appeared in BIOS. Windows only showed the Main HD and 3 on the Promise card though. Went to the Disk Management (Win XP) and the 2 on EIDE port 2 were showing there just unallocated. One is an 80G and the other a 100G. Both were about 75% full. I took the HDs out and put them into another computer and they showed the same thing. Unallocated. Few days later I installed one of the storage drives on EIDE 2 after removing all other HD from the Promise card earlier. It too now shows unallocated after having been recognized on the Promise card earlier. I have tried the drives on another computer and ran Linux setup disk to detect them and they still show unallocated. I later one of the drives and then it was able to be recognized and written to on the other computer. I was able to narrow down everything to I think the second EIDE port on the mobo. All drives that now do not work have done so after being installed on EIDE 2. Different systems, OS and hardware have been tried. 1. What could cause them to become unallocated just by installing on the port and booting? 2. Any way data can be recovered from remaining 2 unallocated HD? __________________ "Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself." -- Tolstoy

08-15-2003, 01:39 PM	#3 (permalink)
krazykemist Psycho Location: New Orleans	Yes Ive verified that formatting will enable me to write to the disk again. Some of the documents and work on one of the drives is not replaceable so concerned about retrieving that data. Tried data recovery software but since the drive shows unallocated its not assigned a drive letter and therefore a path cannot be found to search it. __________________ "Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself." -- Tolstoy

08-14-2003, 10:47 PM	#2 (permalink)
Dragonlich 42, baby! Location: The Netherlands	I had a similarly strange experience back in the olde days... I had hooked up my floppy drive in the wrong way (cable was one pin off...). Net result: every single floppy I inserted ended up dead. Have you tried using an olde disk on IDE 2 to test if you can format and use it? If all else fails, I suggest you visit the store you bought the mobo from.