- If you need clarification, ask it in the comment box above.
- Better answers use proper spelling and grammar.
- Provide details, support with references or personal experience.
Tell us some more! Your answer needs to include more details to help people.You can't post answers that contain an email address.Please enter a valid email address.The email address entered is already associated to an account.Login to postPlease use English characters only.
Tip: The max point reward for answering a question is 15.
Might need to check your BIOS settings and make sure you're set to USB 2.0. Also, try different USB ports on the computer. Also, make sure your drivers concerning motherboard and USB are up to date
First make sure usb cable connected to harddrive is working fine. try it in different usb ports. Press windows key +R key so you can see run then type in run "devmgmt.msc" then press ok so you can see device manager uninstall all usb drivers then it automatic install usb drivers. then check. Also you need to change registry for that type in run "regedit" then press ok then you can see registry editor then locate below key. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11 CE-BFC1-08002BE10318} And remove upper filter and lower filter.Then restart computer then check. Try your harddrive in different computer if it is not recognized on another computer too then your harddrive has internal issue. Let me know if you need further assistance. Thanks for using FixYa
Hi thanks for asking, you should make sure your hard drive is properly connected. There are two cables need to connect to the hard drive (1) power cable (2) data cable IDE/ SATA after connected and receiving power if computer still not boot this mean your hard drive is bad and need to be replace.
It is a internal hard drive, which connects through IDE cable (the wide one), so you shouldn't be asked for drivers. If in any case you can't see this drive in your "My Computer" ("Computer" on Vista) it's probably because you have connected it wrong. Notice that the end of the IDE cable must be connected tou your main hard drive (where OS is instaled). If Seagate ST340015A is your main hard drive, than the end of the cable should be connected to it. If not, than on the same cable, about in the middle is another connection, you should use that one.
If you have a SATA drive then you need to connect it to a computer that has a SATA interface. You obviously also need to power it from that computer.
Since you haven't told me what the problem is or what the 'other' computer is, I can't really give you much more info.
Assuming you have a SATA interface on the 'other computer' and you have a suitable power cable adaptor from 5-pin to 15-pin (which you may be able to take off of the Dell) then of course you can connect the drive.
Are you are asking, is it possible to boot the other computer using this drive - answer unlikely.
Are you asking is it possible to connect this drive as a 2nd hard disk onto the 'other computer' and get the data off of it? Answer - yes.
Replacing a hard drive is simple, remember everything on a computer concerning hardware is plug and play. Remove the old hard drive and find a suitable replacement, it should snap right out, there may be a couple screws holding it, but once you have it out just plug in the new drive, format and partition the drive and put up your operating system.
×