My old disc driver have died.

[Lord Turkey Cough]

I tried to use an old computer today and it was
diving drive errors, I had not used the comp for
over a year, it is possible the drives have seized up?
Neither drives work, I tried them on this computer
as slaves, one did not show us and the other cause
a boot-upp error.

 

[Lord Turkey Cough]

It is possible they have both failed. Make sure you have them properly
jumpered in put them into either PC. Run the diagnostic tools from the
specific manufacturer. For example, if you have Maxtor drive, get a copy
of PowerMax to boot from, or Seagate = SeaTools.

Great news I just noticed an IDE cable sitting beside me
which had came out of a box of disks, I had used the existing dual
connection in my new comp, so the drive was connect on a single
cable, anyway I swopped to the cable which came out of the
box and it booted up!! (also set jumper to single drive)

So I am not sure why it did not work as slave in my new
computer.

I could not get the other (smaller) drive to work at all,
but it is a clone of thebigger one basically.

The reason I wanted the old computer up
was to see if the CD drive woud read some
old CDs.
Not sure if I can transfer the drive across or
if I can get the network up I had, it complained about
the network card.
The drive need special software too.
Anyway the drive is working so thats good news.

 

[Grinder]

I tried to use an old computer today and it was
diving drive errors, I had not used the comp for
over a year, it is possible the drives have seized up?
Neither drives work, I tried them on this computer
as slaves, one did not show us and the other cause
a boot-upp error.

It is possible they have both failed. Make sure you have them properly
jumpered in put them into either PC. Run the diagnostic tools from the
specific manufacturer. For example, if you have Maxtor drive, get a
copy of PowerMax to boot from, or Seagate = SeaTools.

 

[Baron]

I tried to use an old computer today and it was
diving drive errors, I had not used the comp for
over a year, it is possible the drives have seized up?
Neither drives work, I tried them on this computer
as slaves, one did not show us and the other cause
a boot-upp error.

Yes it is ! The lubrication migrates away from the bearings and the
heads can stick to the platters. Sometimes a sharp tap with a
screwdriver handle will free stuck heads. If the drive is the type
with fluid bearings, its unlikely to ever spin up again.