Thread: Second Drive Not Recognized in Win98
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Old September 30th 08, 07:04 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.disks.general,microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
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Default Second Drive Not Recognized in Win98
Hi Mike,

If you post this issue in microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion you will
find more help. Let's see if a cross-post goes through, you'll need to pick
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| "philo" wrote:
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| "Peggy A" wrote in message
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| I am trying to help a friend get her data from an old hard drive after
her
| motherboard died. This drive is from a 6-7 year old Gateway PC and it
has
| the
| older parallel connector, so I tried to add it as a second drive in an
| older
| Dell Dimension XPS Pro PC running Windows 98 SE. I attached the second
| drive
| as a slave and the BIOS recognizes it, but I cannot see it in Windows.
| I've
| read other posts about needing to format the drive, but since this
drive
| has
| data on it, I cannot reformat it. I also tried attaching it as the
| primary
| and only drive, but the system wouldn't boot. I even applied an update
to
| the
| BIOS thinking it may be a drive capacity issue since the second one is
a
| 40
| GB drive. That didn't have any impact either.
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| Is there a way to get Windows 98 to recognize this drive so I can copy
the
| data off of it for her? Any suggestions on the best way to get the
data
| off
| her drive would be appreciated.
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| Thanks.
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| If the drive came from another win98 machine...it should be visible
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| however if it came from a Win2k machine or an XP machine...the drive may
| very well be formatted as NTFS
| and not visible from win98 which cannot recognize NTFS
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| http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTFS
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| Im having sort of the same problem as philo
| My Operating System is Windows 98SE..
| Ok here goes...
| my computer motherboard *WAS*an ABIT KT7-RAID it died...
| when the computer was running i had 2 hard drives installed on it..
| 1 MASTER (Operating System 98SE* And Programs ONLY*)..
| 1 SLAVE (for Data Backup And Storage Only)
| both hard drives were on the *same IDE Cable*
| their pins were set on MASTER and SlAVE
| *Not* on cable select....
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| the Master hard drive was a
| IBM DeskStar Hard Drive
| Model: DPTA-371360 (ATA)
| 13.6 GB 7200 RPM
| P/N 31L9151
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| the Slave hard drive was a
| Quantum Fireball Hard Drive
| Quantum Fireball lct20
| Model ID: QML20000LD-A
| 20.4 GB 4500 RPM
| P/N 204531-001
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| heres what happened
| well my motherboard died so i got another motherboard that would work with
| my parts off my old system..
| a friend gave me a striped Compaq computer (MotherBoard and Case Only)
| a *Compaq 5000US*
| besides no over clocking in the Bios on the Compaq like My KT-7 had it
works
| pretty good..
| i installed my processor (AMD Athlon 1200 - A1200AMS3B)
| and my Memory sticks...
| i installed My Windows 98SE Operating system On the IBM hard drive..
| *just like on My old system*
| Got it All running good...
| im using it right now typing this...
| its all running GREAT..
| HERES THE PROBLEM..
| then When i went to Put in My Quantum disk Drive with ALL my data on it
| on the same IDE cable as The IBM with my OS
| *just like i had set up in my old system*
| REMEMBER i have the Quantum Slaved ALL READY..i Didn't Change Anything
| Started up my System...
| i Got a ERROR...
| NO DISK FOUND
| my system wouldent boot up..
| i restarted and checked in my BIOS..
| both Hard Drives were listed in the Bios As they should be..right Size and
| all..
| restarted it again...nothing..same Error
| shut it all down...pulled out the Quantum Hard drive...
| it stared up fine..booted fine no problems..system running good
| so i thought id try putting the Quantum On the Second IDE cable...
| the system booted up then...BUT NO D: DRIVE was showing...just the C:
drive
| was showing up...
| pulled out the Quantum Again..put the Pin on the Quantum to Master..
| same thing the drive was NOT showing...only the C: drive showing
| restarted the computer again..
| looked in my Bios Again..there it was Again..but showing as a Master on
the
| Second IDE now...like it should..since i changed it to that...
| restarted my system...
| NO D: drive showing up..
| pulled out the Quantum...
| put back My DVD burner and DVD ROM back on to the Second IDE...
| they were working fine...so i know the Second IDE works
| PUT the Quantium back in...then *checked it in Fdisk*..
| it was showing up There...**BUT** the FAT wasent showing..it was showing
as
| UNKNOWN....Not FAT32 like it should be..the IBM was showing FAT32
| i thought what the hecks going on i didnt change anything on it...
| just pluged it in on my new system...
| then i tried checking it with the Quantium Disk tool in DOS..
| (Maxator Max Blaster 4.0 Partition tool)..
| it was showing up as FAT32 in the Quantum disk tool...like it should..
| i thought whats going on..one DOS tools showing it...ones not..
| what the hecks going on....im worried im going to loose all my data i
thought
| was safe due to being on a seperate hard drive disk..
| i didnt change anything on it just pluged it on to another Windows 98
system
| it should be working fine..
| i have done this before with other peoples system..pulled a hard drive
from
| one Windows 98 system..Slaved the Hard drive pin..
| Put it on to another windows 98 system and had it always showed and was
| always able to get data from them...
| whats up with this one???
| i am SOOO lost..
| why isen't the FAT32 showing in Fdisk now
| and *WHY IS IT*showing in the Quantium Disk tool for that type of hard
| drive...
| it was working fine before...
| all i did was take a SLAVED Hard drive DATA Disk that was working fine..
| and put it onto another system..
| why isen't it working now??
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