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Posted by Barry Watzman on March 15, 2008, 5:31 pm
Please log in for more thread options Tried everything and I'm sure that the hard drive had an obscure defect
that made it inop on SOME systems. I put the drive on a desktop using
an IDE adapter and ZAP gave a "sector not found error". Then, sadly, I
incorrectly plugged in the IDE desktop to laptop adapter (off by one
pin) and blew up the drive. So it's all moot now.
BillW50 wrote:
> Barry Watzman typed on Sat, 15 Mar 2008 12:12:18 -0400:
>> I bought a used 2.5" IDE hard drive on E-Bay, Toshiba MK3021GAS, 30GB.
>>
>> The drive is not recognized ... AT ALL ... in ANY laptop that I've
>> tried to use it in (4 different models, all are Toshiba laptops,
>> however). It's not even seen as being present, so I can't use FDISK or
>> any
>> utilities.
>> BUT ... when I connect the drive to my desktop computer using a USB to
>> IDE adapter cable, it is seen and functions normally. It does work, I
>> can actually use it to store data.
>>
>> I've tried everything I can think of ... reformatting it (both NTFS
>> and FAT), making it active, making it inactive, deleting all
>> partitions. The results are as I described above ... seems PERFECT on
>> the desktop,
>> not even seen as existing on the laptop (which was the intended use).
>>
>> This does not appear to be a master-slave issue, I have checked the
>> jumpers and they are correct (no jumpers at all for master), I've also
>> tried cable select, no change.
>>
>> I don't have a way of "zapping" the drive (writing zeros to the entire
>> drive) over the USB cable, and nothing works on the laptop. I can't
>> easily do anything using the desktop (e.g. it would be a LOT of
>> trouble to connect the drive to an IDE port of the desktop, I'd have
>> to open
>> the desktop, disconnect everything, etc. ... I'm trying to avoid
>> that).
>> Does anyone have any ideas as to what is going on or how I can resolve
>> this? The drive seems good, I can actually use it (on the desktop
>> with the USB adapter), but I bought it for the laptop.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Hard
>
> You did try setting the 2½ inch hard drive to slave, right? And I also
> have seen defective HD work only if they are not the master. I even had
> one that was intermittent. As 1 out of 3 boots it would work as master.
> I dunno, it sounds like you have the same situation to me, except yours
> isn't intermittent. Does the seller ofter a guarantee against DOA?
>
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