How to free the bricked in
harddisk-IDE that in most PCs is not accessible from outside?
1. Buy from
a dealer of A4Tech Mobile Racks= bay and Inner Racks=tray for HD Mobile Racks:
+++++ High-Lights:
Fans (1,2,3), cooling system, Multiple storage options,
3.5"/2.5", etc LED indicators, power on=green, HD access=red
Do not remove
the tray before the red LED indicator in the bay is off.
After sliding in
the tray into the bay lock it to avoid unintentional removal of the tray.
Dust resistance is built in the bay.
+++++
Package one: DMA-133AL, UDMA-133,
2 fans, keylock, aluminum case, new MR2.
The package contains a bay and a
tray. If you want more the just getting the HD out of the PC-inner-case
into the tray with the bay, if you want to use more than one HD, then you
have to buy more trays or even more bays if you want to use a master and
a slave HD or more in your PC.
Package two: DMA-133AL-IR, UDMA-133, 1 fan,
aluminum case
Now you can add as many trays as you want, one for every HD
you want to use. More than one bay gives you even more flexibility in how
you want to use your computer system.
At present, in my case, I got two
bays and six trays for six Hds.
How to install the HD into the tray ?
1
From the Rack=bay take out the inner rack= tray while taking care of the
handle, lift it up from verticle to horizontal.
2. Press the plastic square
button to free the top cover and slide it back and off the inner rack=tray.
3. Take the harddisk=HD and connect the Data Cable and Power Cable=cord to
the HD.
4. Put the HD into the inner rack=tray and screw it tightly four
or six times, using four or six screws.
5. Read the instructions on the HD
what jumper you have to use to code the different possibilities, they may
differ from HD to HD or manufacturer to manufacturer:
e.g. WD800BB: Master
= no jumper, Slave = second from right, Master with Slave present = center,
cable select setting = first from right.
6. Slide the Top Cover along the
cover rails to close the tray.
Now that you got all your Hds in trays and
all your bays are installed in the PC case, you can start getting all Hds
to work your way, as you want it.
2. Read pages from booklets and books
and other sources like internet texts, articles etc.
A. Sorry in German:
Windows ME, Das grosse Buch, Data Becker, Seiten 1116 - 1124, FDISK, FORMAT,
SCANDISK.
B. Windows ME books with the keywords FDISK, FORMAT, SCANDISK,
start diskette, booting, booting from diskette, booting from CD, in the index
or table of contents.
The goal is booting from the HD, that is why we have
to partition, format and check and repair the HD, to get the operating system
and many other drivers and programs onto the HD or HDs.
3. Get it done,
step by step.
A. Buying bays and trays
B. Reading texts and sources
C. Install
the hardware
D. Install the software
E. Test every combination of master
Hds, slave Hds, other master and slave drives, test the flexibility.
But
remember you cannot hotswap. Hot Swapping, RAID and Booting beyond the ordinary
are topics of another class.
If your OS is Windows ME you may encounter
many strange events.
First HD: WD800BB, 80 GB, 7200 RPM, EIDE Data connector
with 40 pins (20x2), Power connector with 4 pins (4x1), Jumper connector
with 10 pins(5x2). WD800BB: Master = no jumper, Slave = second from right,
Master with Slave present = center, cable select setting = first from right.
Second HD: WD600AB, 60 GB, 5400 RPM, EIDE Data connector with 40 pins (20x2),
Power connector with 4 pins (4x1), Jumper connector with 10 pins(5x2). WD600BB:
Master = no jumper, Slave = second from right, Master with Slave present
= center, cable select setting = first from right.
Third HD: Fujitsu model
MPG3409AT-EV 1D:YFIM, 40 GB, 5400 RPM, EIDE Data connector with 40 pins (20x2),
Power connector with 4 pins (4x1), Jumper connector with 10 pins(5x2). MPG3409:
Master = second from left, Slave = second from right, Master with Slave present
= center and second from left, cable select setting = center.
The drives
of the PC: 1. Floppy, 2. CD-RW, 3. HD as master in tray and bay.
Power on the PC.
Drive Not Ready
Insert Boot Diskette (Floppy Disk) in
A:
Press any key when ready
Insert start diskette
A:\> dir enter, if
it does not work try D:\> dir enter, see later.
See the list of files
on the floppy. The most important programs for the tasks ahead are: fdisk,
format, scandisk.
A:\> fdisk enter
Keine Festplatte vorhanden
Switch
computer OFF
Switch computer ON, on power on while pressing the delete key
on the keyboard
then you will go to BIOS Setup. It may work with other multi
key options or with restart, reset the system.
BIOS Setup is on the mainboard.
In my case from Gigabyte. You may have to use this feature as long as their
is something not working as it should.
BIOS Setup contains 14 chapters, one
is IDE HD Auto Detection. Make changes, go to Save and Exit Setup.
You may
have to change user to auto, to get the HD detected, and the secondary slave must be uninstalled
to avoid an error message.
Try again:
A:\> fdisk
enter
Follow fdisk options, select and ok. Primary DOS c: created
Partitioning
completed.
The entire HD is one Primary Partion.
A:\> format c: enter
( do not use key /s)
If you cannot type : or / because you get > and
& instaed and the message:
Invalid media typ encountered while reading
drive C:
If not already before this point, now may have come the time to
insert the Product Recovery CD-ROM from your PC with Windows ME into the
RW-drive.
Try again:
A:\> format c: enter
Caution: All data on the harddisk
of drive C: will become deleted!
Formatting execution (Yes/No) ? j enter
Formatting 10,780,56 MB ( this number is wrong but it was shown)
00 %
formated Time: hh:mm
10 % formated Time: hh:mm
20 % formated Time:
hh:mm
50 % formated Time: hh:mm
90 % formated Time: hh:mm
100 % formated
Time: hh:mm
The time is your local time that you have to record it on
paper yourself, if you want to know how it went on in time afterwards.
Formatting
completed.
The file assignment table is being written.Ready.
The free capacity
is being computed. Ready.
Name of the Data Carrier (11 characters, enter
for none) erhard001hd enter
76,247,91 MB capacity total
76,247,91 MB on the
data carrier free
32,768 bytes in every sector
2,441,533 sectors on the data
carrier=HD
Serial number: 2F74-13FA
Now the HD is ready for use, but we
want to make sure and test and repair with Scandisk.
Be warned of /surface.
It tests the entire surface so thoroughly, that it takes ages to complete,
e.g. from 13:00 to 20:30 for 80 GB.
A:\> scandisk c: /autofix /nosummary
/nosave enter (without surface first)
A:\> scandisk c: /autofix /nosummary
/nosave /surface enter ( you can leave it )
Surface - Analysis
Not occupied-------dark green
Partly occupied-----light green
Occupied-----------cyan
Some with
errors---red
2,441,533 sectors, 3,700 sectors for one display unit
Per cent
completed: Estimate after 6 %, 100% will be about 21:20.
2..................................................12:56
6..................................................13:16
10...........244,153.3
sectors.........13:34
20...........488,206.6.....................14:18
40...........976,413.2.....................15:54
60........1,464,619.8.....................17:49
80........1,952,826.4.....................18:55
100......2,441,533........................20:30
D: MS RAMDRIVE
D:\>
dir enter
it lists the directory of D:\
ATTRIB EXE
CHKDSK EXE
COMMAND
COM
DEBUG EXE
EDIT COM
EXT EXE
EXTRACT EXE
FORMAT COM
HELP BAT
MSCDEX EXE
README TXT
SCANDISK EXE
SCANDISK INI
SYS COM
14 FILES 672,914 Bytes
0 directories,
1,411,072 Bytes free
Reset with the rest button at the front of your PC.
Now comes the Software Installation:
1. Windows ME
Computer Name:
Name first
second
Product Key: 5x5=25 characters
Installation Process - till -Completion.
2. Printer HP CD 980cxi, 3. Easy CD Creator for R function, 4. Direct CD
for RW drive, 5. Acrobat Reader,
6. Scanner EpsonCD P 1250, Twain 5, 7.
Epson Smart Panel etc, 8. many subprograms of 6.
9. Arcsoft Photo Impression
3.0, 10. Another Acrobat Reader 4.05,
11. ATI Software CD Install, Treiber,
Multimedia center
12. If you want in the internet you may install here the software for the Netgear Ethernet card.
In my case, this HD is a HOME HD, it goes never in the internet.
Another HD is the INTERNET HD, it is never in the system with HOME Hds.
Security by Separation and no link, no cable, no wireless.
13. Corel Draw, 14. Lotus Smart Suite 9
15. Javascript Bible Gold, 16. Javascript Gold Examples
17. Borland C++ Builder
18. ...
Software not free: as far as your money goes.
Software free, from CDs, internet, your own.
After this experience you go on with the other Hds and drives.
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