not detecting 40 gb hdd

Check jumper settings.

First go to bios and check if its detecting there. Most prob its the jumper isuue

life31 said:

Check jumper settings.

First go to bios and check if its detecting there. Most prob its the jumper isuue

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i have removed the jumper of hdd but there is jumper in my dvd drive and my hdd is also detecting in bios

If its getting detected in the bios and not showing up in the My comp area then most prob the HDD is faulty.


Do you have an XP or any other OS cd??

Ok what you do is detach your 320GB and only keep 40 GB attached.
Insert XP cd and start boot.
It will show some copy files ect.... Let it go on....

When it detects your HDD it will show 38800 MB space press F8 and agree and then DELEATE PARTITIONS....

Again format the HDD and make one or two partitions and stop when it asks Install XP on this partiton. Say Dont install and ESC and remove the HDD....



Then attach 320GB to and then check if it shows up...


If not the HDD is faulty

Its something to do with the jumpers. Try to connect each HDD at a time and see if it is detected. Try it on a different computer to eliminate any issues with HDD itself.

life31 said:

If its getting detected in the bios and not showing up in the My comp area then most prob the HDD is faulty.


Do you have an XP or any other OS cd??

Ok what you do is detach your 320GB and only keep 40 GB attached.
Insert XP cd and start boot.
It will show some copy files ect.... Let it go on....

When it detects your HDD it will show 38800 MB space press F8 and agree and then DELEATE PARTITIONS....

Again format the HDD and make one or two partitions and stop when it asks Install XP on this partiton. Say Dont install and ESC and remove the HDD....



Then attach 320GB to and then check if it shows up...


If not the HDD is faulty

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hey there so many data in that hdd so i cant format it now
once it was detected in my computer before 2 months and i have transfered so many data from my 320 gb hdd so u can understand its difficult for me


and yes this drive was detected without of any changes in bioss at my COMPUTER ENGINEER's home

i had also same prob...dude............

In that case best try it connection it to some other PC.. may be your friends ect.

Better if its normal IDE the old PC cos sometimes the Sata HDD and HDD connected to the IDE DVD DVD creats some problem detecting.


Or else try removing the DVD and just keeping the IDE HDD.

i have tried it but i will do for 1 more time and will post here soon

Ok ... Hope it works.

Most prob if its fine then it should work.

it did not worked even it not detected on bios

I had the same prob dude..!>40gb hdd was ide..!..It dint detect my 40gb ...I had a 250 gb hdd in sata also...And the jumper was in my 40gb hdd...I jus removed the jumper and fixed in the dvd drive after tat it detected both in com...You just try this..If dint stil change the jumper in the other pins of dvd drive and chk...This is wat i did try it...my be helpful

i heard that wrong setting of jumper could blast my hdd so i am afraid to tweak with lumper settings

If thats the case i think thers a problem with the HDD?

As far as i tried nothing hpned...Coz i meddeled with the jumper fixing here and der ...Nothing hpned...Just try fixing one of the jumper in the dvd drive and leave others blank ..!..tats wat i did and tats how it is working now..

ketanpatel said:

i heard that wrong setting of jumper could blast my hdd so i am afraid to tweak with lumper settings

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LOL i dont think so...

It just does not get detected if the jumpers arent set properly. One should be master and other slave.

If you dont know the setting then what you do is remove the jumper of the HDD and let the Jumper of the DVD be as it is dont alter and then attach.

Also sometimes in bios it does not detect directly so you need to do auto search again for couple of times in bios.

life31 said:

LOL i dont think so...

It just does not get detected if the jumpers arent set properly. One should be master and other slave.

If you dont know the setting then what you do is remove the jumper of the HDD and let the Jumper of the DVD be as it is dont alter and then attach.

Also sometimes in bios it does not detect directly so you need to do auto search again for couple of times in bios.

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how to auto search in bios

haste raho yaar problem hi hasne ka hai

ax3 said:

@ketanpatel .... did ya try @ some place else .... say ur frds, neighbourhood ....

its always a problem with old 1`s compatibility with new 1`s ....

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take a look at post 6