Help with a harddrive!

[Demonhax]

Hello. I have a laptop harddrive i have taken into my desktop pc just to check whats in on it. But it wont show. How do i get it to show like my other harddrives? ( do i need to acces the Bios?)

[JeffreyEagan]

Did you plug it in while the computer was on?

[zlolslavez]

You may need to partition the drive

-less  likely cause it's been used already

[asim1999]

Hello. I have a laptop harddrive i have taken into my desktop pc just to check whats in on it. But it wont show. How do i get it to show like my other harddrives? ( do i need to acces the Bios?)

Are u using an external enclosure (SATA to USB)?

[Demonhax]

Did you plug it in while the computer was on?

I turnd off my computer before i plugged it in.

[Demonhax]

Are u using an external enclosure (SATA to USB)?

I use  SATA from my motherboard to the harddrive.

[W-L]

I turnd off my computer before i plugged it in.

 

If it's internal drive that you plugged in via sata you need to do into disk management and assign it a letter first more than likely.

[JeffreyEagan]

If you're in windows, hit winkey and search 'partition', you should find the virtual disk manager, and you should see it there, you probably have to assign it a drive letter for the OS to properly see it.

[asim1999]

If not, check if ur motherboard has hot-swap enabled in the BIOS and SATA power and data are plugged in

[Demonhax]

If you're in windows, hit winkey and search 'partition', you should find the virtual disk manager, and you should see it there, you probably have to assign it a drive letter for the OS to properly see it.

http://gyazo.com/09d29a82555f2784800257f2e1ad0f32

The drive wont show up there. Do i need to find it someway?

[asim1999]

http://gyazo.com/09d29a82555f2784800257f2e1ad0f32

The drive wont show up there. Do i need to find it someway?

U checked that it is initialised (use Disk management) or that hot-swap is enabled in motherboard

[zlolslavez]

this is a dumb question, did you power it?

[W-L]

 

http://gyazo.com/09d29a82555f2784800257f2e1ad0f32

The drive wont show up there. Do i need to find it someway?

 

Make sure all your cables are plugged in and if it's the secondary sata ports on your motherboard make sure the drivers are installed for that chipset. It should jut show up, right now it doesn't even recognize a drive is in place.

[Demonhax]

If not, check if ur motherboard has hot-swap enabled in the BIOS and SATA power and data are plugged in

A little problem. Someway i can't get into the bios. cause it just say something about Clear CMos and press F1 to continue. and then it detect my ssd and power on. 

But my keyboard is kinda wierd at the start. If i press F1. nothing happends. But if i press ( | ) the button beside 1. So my keys are switched at the start.   

 

I dont understand how that works

[Demonhax]

this is a dumb question, did you power it?

Plugged the power connector in. so i would say yes.

[kristaps552]

How big is the drive?

[Demonhax]

How big is the drive?

Dont really know, prob about 300-500gb.

[kristaps552]

Dont really know, prob about 300-500gb.

Check if by any chance you have plugged it into a sata 3 port instead of two and if maybe you used a sata 2 cable for a sata 3 port. 

Or maybe even a a sata 3 cable plugged into a sata 2 port. (but I think sata 3 cables were backwards compatible)

[dragoon20005]

Under disk management

 

see if any unknown disk is shown there

 

I need to add foreign disk and then can I see my Data Drive

[ross06187]

some motherboard require you to turn on sata ports individual. 

 

also in the bios you should be able to see the attached drives its not in the bios is dead or not connected correctly

 

Also make sure it works by listening to it insuring the drive is spinning if not it dead

[JeffreyEagan]

Check if by any chance you have plugged it into a sata 3 port instead of two and if maybe you used a sata 2 cable for a sata 3 port. 

Or maybe even a a sata 3 cable plugged into a sata 2 port. (but I think sata 3 cables were backwards compatible)

....There is no such thing as a 'SATA 3' cable. that is the BIGGEST marketing scam I have ever heard of. SATA 1/2/3 cables are ALL the same pinout-wise.

[kristaps552]

....There is no such thing as a 'SATA 3' cable. that is the BIGGEST marketing scam I have ever heard of. SATA 1/2/3 cables are ALL the same pinout-wise.

You are right. 

After a quick google that proved to be true.

But it still could be that the drive is plugged into a sata 3 port...

[JeffreyEagan]

You are right. 

After a quick google that proved to be true.

But it still could be that the drive is plugged into a sata 3 port...

Not really, all of the buses are the same except for their max speeds. there'd be no drive incompatibility unless the firmware says so.

[kristaps552]

Not really, all of the buses are the same except for their max speeds. there'd be no drive incompatibility unless the firmware says so.

I've had that with an really old Samsung 160GB drive that I tried to attach to the sata 3 port and it simply wouldn't work.

Or I used the so called ''sata 3'' cable which apparently doesnt exist.

[JeffreyEagan]

I've had that with an really old Samsung 160GB drive that I tried to attach to the sata 3 port and it simply wouldn't work.

Or I used the so called ''sata 3'' cable which apparently doesnt exist.

They don't exist. they're all the same.