6 Reasons BIOS will not detect or recognize your drive (2)

Reason 2: Incorrect jumper settings on the drive

Serial ATA:  If you have a 3.0 Gbit/sec SATA drive that is not being detected by your 1.5 Gbit/sec SATA controller, or it causes your system to lock up when connected to a 1.5 Gbit/sec SATA controller, you may need to jumper your 3.0 Gbit/sec SATA drive to the slower speed of 1.5 Gbit/sec for the system to recognize it properly.

Jumper settings for Seagate SATA drives

Jumper settings for Seagate SATA drives

Jumper settings for Maxtor-brand SATA drives

Jumper settings for Maxtor-brand SATA drives

ATA:  It is recommended that all Seagate ATA hard discs supporting the Cable Select jumper option be configured as Cable Select. If your computer system was built prior to October 1998 and does not support UDMA 66 or greater you will be required to use the Master/Slave jumper settings.

Jumper settings for Seagate ATA drives

Jumper settings for Seagate ATA drives

Jumper settings for Maxtor-brand ATA drives

Jumper settings for Maxtor-brand ATA drives

When using Cable Select jumper settings on your ATA drive, all devices connected to the UDMA cable must also use the Cable Select setting. The cable decides master/slave device detection when the cable select jumper settings are used.

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6 Reasons BIOS will not detect or recognize your drive (3)

Drive is not spinning up Reason 3: Drive is not spinning up

If the drive is not receiving power or receiving an incorrect level of power, it will not spin up. To check to see if this is the cause of the BIOS not detecting the hard drive, follow these steps:

  1. Power off the computer.
  2. Open the computer case and remove the data cable from the hard drive. This will stop any power saving commands from being sent.
  3. Turn on the system. Check to see if the hard drive is spinning. If you touch the side of the drive you should feel a slight vibration. If you do nothear or feel the hard drive spinning, the drive did not start.If you cannot determine whether the drive is spinning:
    1. Boot the computer and listen carefully.
    2. Shut the computer down.
    3. Disconnect the power cord from the computer itself.
    4. Disconnect the power cable from the hard drive in question.
    5. Reconnect the power cord to the computer itself.
    6. Boot the computer up to see if the drive sound was audible before. And,
    7. Then repeat, only reconnect the hard drive and listen for it to spin up.
  4. Switch power cables with a device like a CDROM or DVDROM drive, so that you are using a known-good power cable.
  5. Check the power supply on your computer to determine whether it is providing sufficient electrical power to operate the drives and devices you have in your computer.
  6. If the drive is still not spinning, connect it in another computer if possible.
  7. Connect the drive in a SATA-USB enclosure or something similar if possible.
  8. If the drive does not spin up after all of these steps, please visit the Warranty page to begin a warranty replacement order.
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6 Reasons BIOS will not detect or recognize your drive (4)

Reason 4: Faulty or Unplugged Data Cable

Always inspect the motherboard and hard disc connections for bent or misaligned pins. Folding, crimping, pinching, or creasing data cables can cause the wires to break inside the insulation, leaving the exterior of the cable looking normal. When in doubt of data cable condition, replace it.

For SATA cables, Seagate recommends using cables shorter than 39.37 inches (1 meter).

Here are some images of Serial ATA cables.

Faulty or Unplugged Data Cable

Faulty or Unplugged Data Cable

The BIOS will not detect a hard disc if the data cable is damaged or the connection is incorrect.
Serial ATA cables, in particular, can sometimes fall out of their connection. Be sure to check your SATA cables are tightly connected to the SATA port connection.

The easiest way to test a cable is to replace it with another cable.  If the problem persists, then the cable was not the cause of the problem.

For ATA drives, Seagate recommends using UDMA cabling with a maximum length of 18 inches. UDMA cables have color coded connections which require proper orientation when connecting.

  • Blue connector – always connects to the motherboard.
  • Grey (middle) connector – is used for slave devices on the cable.
  • Black connector – is used for master device connection.

See this image:

Faulty or Unplugged Data Cable

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6 Reasons BIOS will not detect or recognize your drive (5)

Reason 5: The Serial ATA motherboard drivers are not properly loaded (especially in Windows XP/2000)

When you install Windows XP/2000 on a drive that will be the boot drive (ie, the C: drive), when it comes time to install Windows, the drive may not be detected.  Here is the proper procedure:

  1. Insert the Windows XP/2000 CD/DVD into the CD/DVD drive.
  2. Power down the computer.
  3. Mount and connect the Serial ATA hard drive.
  4. See here for an interactive flash tutorial illustrating this.
  5. Power up the computer.
  6. For some add-in SATA controller cards, you will need to press the F6 key to install drivers as the Windows setup screen launches.

    -You may never have noticed the “F6” option before, since it happens at the bottom of the screen and is visible for only a few seconds during a standard install. What you most likely encountered during the setup process was a screen which came up informing you Setup could not find any drives installed on your computer, and it could not continue, much like the screen sample below:

    Serial ATA motherboard drivers are not properly loaded

  7. To be able to hit the F6 button, you must restart the Setup process, and watch the bottom of the screen after pressing Enter on the “Welcome to Setup” screen. There will be some moments of files being loaded, and then you should see a message appear which says “Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver”. This message will only stay on the screen for a couple of seconds, so press F6 as soon as you see it appear.

    Serial ATA motherboard drivers are not properly loaded

  8. After this is done, you will see other messages appear, and it will act as though nothing is happening, but eventually a screen will appear which will allow you to install the drivers for the add-in SATA controller. The screen will look like the sample below:

    Serial ATA motherboard drivers are not properly loaded

  9. After you press S, the driver install process will continue and the floppy diskettes will be needed. Further instructions will be furnished after the driver install process has ended.

    Serial ATA motherboard drivers are not properly loaded

  10. Insert the floppy diskette containing the drivers for the add-in Serial ATA controller.
  11. Once the drivers are loaded, proceed with the normal Windows XP/2000 installation.

A few further notes on the driver diskette:
For the hard drive to be detected in a new installation, the drivers for the add-in SATA controller/motherboard must be loaded at the beginning of installation.

The drivers for the controller/motherboard can probably be found either on the CD that came with it or on the manufacturer’s website. These drivers do not come from Seagate; they come from the motherboard manufacturer. Simply load the required drivers on the diskette and have it ready.

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6 Reasons BIOS will not detect or recognize your drive (6)

Hard disk drive not enabled in biosReason 6: Hard disk drive not enabled in the BIOS

Most personal computers display a brief message about entering System Setup soon after the power is turned on.  System Setup is also called the “System BIOS” or sometimes the “CMOS Setup” – each is a name for the same thing.

For example, on Dell systems you will see “F2=Setup” in the upper right hand corner during the computer boot-up.  This means to press the F2 key to enter Setup (the BIOS).   Different computer manufactures have different methods to enter Setup, so please check your system documentation for specifics. How to access/enter Motherboard BIOS

System setup is where the date and time are stored and where startup preferences like NumLock or Passwords are defined. In addition, many hardware settings are defined in System Setup.

In particular, hard disk drives are often controlled here. At the simplest level, hard drives are numbered in Setup as Drive 0, Drive 1, etc or sometimes as Primary Master, Primary Slave.  Which ever way these are named, they have a basic ON / OFF setting (sometimes AUTOMATIC or something similar).  If your drive is not detected it may be because it is turned OFF in System Setup.

In most cases, the boot drive is Drive 0 or Primary Master.  When you add a second drive to the system, it may be need to be enabled by turning it ON in System Setup.

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3 Methods to burn an ISO Image onto a CD

Nero Burning ROM Just like the old boot floppy diskettes, CD or DVD-ROM discs can boot to a DOS or other operating systems.  Just copying files to the CD will not work because the CD will need a master boot record and other hidden Startup operating system files.  Instead, the preferred method is to create a single file, an image of a bootable CD, called an ISO image.  Most CD-ROM burning applications recognize this type of image file.  Once the ISO file is burned as an image, then the new CD is a clone of the original and bootable. Besides the bootable OS, the CD will also hold the various software applications that will be run from the CD.

Method 1: Nero – Burning ROM

Nero Burning ROM can be used to record a CD from a .iso file. This programs is available from Nero Software, or you may already have it on your computer.

Steps to create a CD if you have installed Nero – Burning ROM:

  1. Download the ISO CD image to a folder on your computer.
  2. Insert a blank CD in your CD-RW drive.
  3. Start Nero Burning.
  4. Follow the wizard steps to select Data CD creation.
  5. When the wizard closes, click Burn Image on the File menu.
  6. In the Open dialog box, select the ISO file, and then click Open.
  7. In the wizard, click Burn to write the image to the CD.

Method 2: EasyCD Creator

You can use Roxio/Sonic EasyCD Creator to create a CD from a .iso file. This program is available from Roxio/Sonic, or you may already have it installed on your computer. When the program is installed, it is automatically associated with the .iso file extension in Windows Explorer. Steps to create a CD if you have installed EasyCD Creator:

  1. Download the .iso CD image to a folder on your computer.
  2. Insert a blank CD in your CD-RW drive.
  3. Start the EasyCD Creator program.
  4. The Quick Start section may be available on your version; if so, click to open it.
  5. If not, choose Copy.
  6. Either way, choose Burn Image.
  7. Browse to the folder in which you saved the .iso image.
  8. Click the button for Burn Image.

Method 3: Alex Feinman’s ISO Recorder (Freeware)

This freeware can be found here.

You must simply install the software and reboot your computer if instructed. Once that is accomplished:

  1. Insert a blank CD in your CDROM drive.
  2. Find the .iso file that you have downloaded onto your computer, for example, onto your Desktop.
  3. Right-click on the .iso file.
  4. You will see a “Copy Image to CD” option on the dropdown menu. Select it.
  5. The CD Recording Wizard should appear. Simply choose Next and Finish. The CD will eject when completed.

This freeware should support Windows Vista and Windows XP/2000.

* MacOS Disk Utility

  1. Insert a blank disc.
  2. From the Desktop, click on Utilities (or in some cases, Applications, and then Utilities).
  3. Launch Disk Utility.
  4. From the File menu, choose Open Disk Image.
  5. Select the ISO image to be burned.
  6. In the list of volumes, you will now see an item representing the ISO file. Select it.
  7. Click the Burn button and follow the instructions.
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Top 5 Must Have Tools for Data Recovery Business

Data Recovery Tools If you just want to start your data recovery business, hope this article will bring some inspiration to you. Here I recommend 5 useful tools to you. These tools can give big help to your recovery business:

1. In many cases, when we received the hard disks from our clients, we found the hard disks had damaged. Most of the performance is firmware corruption, so you should repair the firmware to recovery the data.  Now you need a professional tool. I recommend the most popular tool – PC3000 System.

2. Disk Imaging tool. When we receive the data recovery cases, we should first image the data and back-up to protect the data from further damage in data recovery process. Usually we receive some hard disks which have many bad sectors, so you should choose a powerful data image tool which can image the data from the hard disks which have the serious bad sectors. Such as DeepSpar Disk Imager

3. After the back-up the data, we should recover the data from the hard disk.  Most of the cases are logical problems, such as inexperienced & operation error, virus cause, software program malfunction, forget the password, etc. Towards these problems, you just need a data recovery software, as Recovery My files, Easy Recovery, etc.

4. We also have the experience with drive clicks or drive spin motor get stuck or burnt. Now we should replace some hard disk accessories, such as replace the platters, electrical motor, etc. If you are the non-experts, you should find the help from some useful tools. The best hard drive repair tool I recommend is HD HPE PRO.

5. Last, If your company have the interest in  Raid Recovery Business which can bring double profits to you. Be sure, the premise you should have the professional skill and a powerful raid recovery tool. The tools you can choose: Getway Raid Recovery, RAID Reconstructor, etc.

When you own the above tools, you will have the potential to be a top data recovery company in this field. However, the competition in this field is highly, so I believe the good faith and the high efficiency should be the tools you must have.

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Hard Disk Drive Firmware Search Engineer

Hard Disk Drive Firmware Search Engineer As we know, firmware damage is the main reason which causes the hard disk data lose. When we encounter this problem, we should rebuild the firmware first. By this time, we need some professional tools, such as PC3000. (About the PC3000 tool). With the professional tools, we also need to find the matching firmware, so I made this searching tool as below:

You just need to input your firmware model number, for example: input ‘HitachiHTS541616J9AT00’, then you can find the firmware which you are looking for. Although this searching tool is not perfect, its accuracy rating is good.

These firmware data which are used for the searching tool are from http://files.hddguru.com and http://www.firmwarebase.com.

Firmware Search Engineer Code(Copy this code to your website):

<form action=”http://www.google.com/cse” id=”cse-search-box”>
<div>
<input type=”hidden” name=”cx” value=”016304681005895250528:a7qpcruki2s” />
<input type=”hidden” name=”ie” value=”UTF-8″ />
<input type=”text” name=”q” size=”31″ />
<input type=”submit” name=”sa” value=”Search” />
</div>
</form>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”http://www.google.com/cse/brand?form=cse-search-box&lang=en”></script>

If you know any other hard drive firmware download websites, please do not hesitate to share them with me. With your helping, I can make this search tool better. Thanks!

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WD Introduced Photos Photo Viewer App For Iphone and Ipod Touch

WD Photos Phone Viewer APP Apr. 21, 2010 – WD introduced WD Photos photo viewer, an iPhone/iPod Touch app for use with its My Book World Edition and WD ShareSpace network drives, that lets users access up to 250,000 of their favorite photos from anywhere in the world.

The WD Photos photo viewer app allows users to easily log in to their drive from anywhere so they can view their entire photo library.

Users’ photos remain private, safe and secure in full high-resolution format, on their network drive, eliminating the need for painstaking uploads to costly online photo services and the need to choose which pictures to sync to their iPhone – with WD Photos photo viewer, they’re all instantly and easily accessible. The app’s powerful search tools, thumbnail previews and viewing options make it easy to find that special picture to show a friend at a coffee shop or remember a special moment.

With more than 50 million iPhones sold as of Apr. 2010 (Apple®), the iPhone has become one of the fastest growing smart phones in the market and is used every day by consumers to access and share their photos.
According to research firm Parks Associates (Mar. 2010), the number of network storage drives worldwide is projected to increase from 2.6 million units sold in 2009 to more than 18 million units by year-end 2014 as consumers realize the value of having one central place to store and share all their media. In 2009, 56 percent of households rated remote access of their network storage an important feature. Combining the centralized storage and remote access benefits of the My Book World Edition network drive with the iPhone is a natural fit with this rapidly growing consumer behavior.
Users can view up to 250,000 pictures on their iPhone or iPod touch by simply copying their pictures into the “Shared Pictures” folder on their My Book World Edition network drive. A unique application that runs directly on these WD network drives automatically creates optimized versions of users’ photos ahead of time, enabling fast viewing on an iPhone or iPod touch without having to wait for the photos to load.

Available now at the Apple iTunes App Store, the WD Photos photo viewer app is free. Registration with MioNet, WD’s secure remote access service (included with My Book World Edition), is also free and required to use this app. WD Photos photo viewer also works with WD ShareSpace network storage systems.

Home networks are becoming prevalent in many parts of the world, and WD’s My Book World Edition network drives are the easiest way to create one place for all your photos that is accessible to everyone from within the home, and securely from outside the home,With the WD Photos photo viewer app and a WD My Book World Edition network drive, users can access all of the photos from their collection via their iPhone without syncing, without extra organizing and without paying a fee. Photos are available instantly making it easy to relive those great memories or share them with friends.

said Dale Pistilli, vice president of marketing for WD’s branded products group.

WD Photos Photo Features & Compatibility:

Features of the WD Photos photo viewer app for iPhone and iPod touch devices include:

  • Access to all the photos in the “Shared Pictures” folder of users’ My Book World Edition network drives and WD ShareSpace network storage systems;
  • Photos are automatically resized for perfect viewing on iPhone or iPod touch, leaving originals in full resolution;
  • Smart filtering to find the photos you want — view photos by album, folder or all images and search by date, folder name or file name;
  • Access previously viewed photos offline;
  • E-mail a photo to a friend;
  • Assign a photo to a contact;
  • Add a photo to the Camera Roll;
  • View a slideshow; and,
  • Set slideshow duration.

WD Photos photo viewer app is compatible with iPhone and iPod touch OS 3.1 or later and works with WD’s My Book World Edition network drives and WD ShareSpace network storage systems. Users must register with WD’s free MioNet remote access service to use the app.

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Join Data Recovery Union Free, Improve Your Data Recovery Business

Data Recovery Union With the rapid development of internet, the data storing market is growing fast. Data recovery industry as the ramification of data storage is also facing the golden opportunity. However, data recovery is a more competitive business. How to stand out in the thousands of data recovery companies?

Here is a good chance for you: join our Data Recovery Union. We will publish your company information on our website: www.datarecoveryunion.com to help your company be found easier by the clients. This is free of charge.

5 reasons to join Data Recovery Union:

  • Please try to type “data recovery company” in search engines, you will find our website in first pages.
  • Join in Data Recovery Union, your website will get a high quality backlink. You know the high quality backlinks are the important factor in the search ranking.
  • You will also get 3 subpages links beside the homepage link.
  • We spend hundreds of dollars to promote this website. No doubt you can get the benefit from it.
  • Join in Data Recovery Union, you will be able to communicate with the clients from all over the world and do business with them.

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Whether you are the famous data recovery companies or the new established companies, join us now and get the benefit now.


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