Hey all, I have a 40 Gigabyte Maxtor ide drive that I cannot get my computer to see for the life of me. I have no idea whether it still works or not, but I don't really know much about hardrives.
What I know: its connected using a working ide cable, to an open channel on my mobo. The Bios does not have the ports disabled as far as I know, since I don't think I can turn them off, and because the other one has a working dvd ram drive connected. When I boot up the computer, with the molex connection and the cable in place, I can feel and hear that the drive is indeed powering up.
What I need to know: Do I need to format the drive so that my computer can see it? Or is it purely just dead?
Thanks in advance!
What I know: its connected using a working ide cable, to an open channel on my mobo. The Bios does not have the ports disabled as far as I know, since I don't think I can turn them off, and because the other one has a working dvd ram drive connected. When I boot up the computer, with the molex connection and the cable in place, I can feel and hear that the drive is indeed powering up.
What I need to know: Do I need to format the drive so that my computer can see it? Or is it purely just dead?
Thanks in advance!