Hidden hard drive.

Charley · 12-05-2005, 11:49 AM

I have a drive that is hidden. It is a standalone drive and not partitioned. How do I bring it up. I could use that to store data.

Suggestions welcome.

King_Niral · 12-05-2005, 01:20 PM

1st of all check ur JUMPER setting on ur hard drive !!! 2nd if ur using win98 u shall have this problem ! coz even i have not come to a conclusion on this problem 3rd if u have win xp it sould b detected if ur jumper sttings are right!!!

Charley · 12-05-2005, 02:33 PM

Dude this drive was hidden by the engineer cos it had bad sectors, I was using it before. BTW how do i check where the jumper is[is it in the cabinet] & i have win98 se installed

King_Niral · 12-05-2005, 06:17 PM

the jumper is always behind the drive (usually 6- 8 copper pins in a rectangle varies form company to company ) there should be a jumper setting manual inscribed on the top of ur drive !!! u can read it and change the setting !!!

King_Niral · 19-05-2005, 01:58 AM

u did not get back on this !!! Did u find the jumper switch !!!!

expertno.1 · 19-05-2005, 02:01 AM

i have c: as 98 fat32 and d: as ntfs

which software will allow me to view contents of dL in 98 ?

Charley · 19-05-2005, 02:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by King_Niral

u did not get back on this !!! Did u find the jumper switch !!!!

Nope, havent. Pls gimme the exact sequence to follow .......

crashuniverse · 19-05-2005, 02:44 PM

i can help on jumper suff. take out ur hard disk. take it out from cabinet and see the back. u can find few smaaaall pins. read the jumper postion figure on the hard drive sticker on top n u ca figure the right thing out.
ur secondary drive has to be set as "slave" whose corres. jumper position can be found on sticker itself.
reading the sticker n taking hard disk out to see things urself can help u a lot.
good lucks

hitesh_hg · 19-05-2005, 06:47 PM

i believe rather than the whole HDD just a partition is hidden..
and dude if it is because of bad sectors don't mess with it..
still if you use win xp right click on "My Computer"
click manage
choose removable drive management

HItesh Gupta

expertno.1 · 19-05-2005, 09:44 PM

try partition magic and see if it shows the hidden partition or not

saROMan · 19-05-2005, 10:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by expertno.1

i have c: as 98 fat32 and d: as ntfs

which software will allow me to view contents of dL in 98 ?

Use NTFS Reader ..info Here

Download Here

now ur prob..u said ur engg hide it...u said its standalone ...so chk if he has removed the connections to make it hidden ....also install tweakUI ..and see the drives status to see if any drive is given in the list but not presend actually in ur my comp....(except a:/b: and ur CD rom Drive)

whatz the company name of ur hdd ??

herz a list chk ur hdd Jumper setting here here

Hitachi
Samsung
Seagate

Charley · 20-05-2005, 12:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hitesh_hg

i believe rather than the whole HDD just a partition is hidden..
and dude if it is because of bad sectors don't mess with it..
still if you use win xp right click on "My Computer"
click manage
choose removable drive management

HItesh Gupta

WIN 98 SE here.....

King_Niral · 20-05-2005, 02:19 PM

HEY another suggestion transfer all important data to another hard disk and LOW LEVELK FORMAT ur hard disk !!!

U should get ur LOW LEVEL FORMATER FROM the site of ur HARD disk MANUFACTURER !!!

USE GOOGLE ITS THE BEST !!!!

thecyclone2k · 20-05-2005, 03:16 PM

Er... I can't understand wat do u mean by hidden here??

Charley · 20-05-2005, 05:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by King_Niral

HEY another suggestion transfer all important data to another hard disk and LOW LEVELK FORMAT ur hard disk !!!

U should get ur LOW LEVEL FORMATER FROM the site of ur HARD disk MANUFACTURER !!!

USE GOOGLE ITS THE BEST !!!!

For what & how will that help me. Dude I'm trying to figure out how to unhide my hard drive which is hidden and ur telling me somethind else.

King_Niral · 20-05-2005, 07:56 PM

So till now has'ntthe jumper setting link helped u !!! posted by saROMan !!!

NE way EXPLAIN WAT HAVE U DONE AND WAT DO U UNDERSTAND BY UR PROBLEM !!!!

THEN MAY BE WE ALL CAN HELP U !!!!

CHEERs
TAKE CARE !!!!

expertno.1 · 20-05-2005, 08:40 PM

this is really a bit complicated guys

can achacko@dataone.in explain what he had done from the begining ?

King_Niral · 20-05-2005, 11:59 PM

Hey Check if ur Power Connector is Connected Or Not ????????

Charley · 21-05-2005, 12:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by expertno.1

this is really a bit complicated guys

can achacko@dataone.in explain what he had done from the begining ?

For Gods sake look at the 1st post of the thread.

It says the drive was hidden cos of the bad sectors, I wanna unhide it now as I have free space on it.

saROMan · 21-05-2005, 01:28 PM

bud.....did u chked my solution.....plz reply what have u done.....ur problem solved/not solved etc...

King_Niral · 21-05-2005, 04:13 PM

LETZ MAKE THIS EASIER DO U SEE THE HDD IN UR BIOS ????

amitsaudy · 21-05-2005, 05:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by achacko@dataone.in

Quote:

Originally Posted by expertno.1

this is really a bit complicated guys

can achacko@dataone.in explain what he had done from the begining ?

For Gods sake look at the 1st post of the thread.

It says the drive was hidden cos of the bad sectors, I wanna unhide it now as I have free space on it.

Your query was

'I have a drive that is hidden. It is a standalone drive and not partitioned. How do I bring it up. I could use that to store data.'

Clarify what according to you means 'HIDDEN'.
There can be various interpretations.
I interpret it as physically connected to the computer but hidden in the OS
If thats what you mean then check if the disk is detected in your bios.
If yes then boot into windows.
You said it is a single drive with no partitions but maybe you mean it does not have multiple partitions cos there has to be one primary partition for the disk to function(ie c

and depending on your OS you will have to unhide that partition.
If you are using windows XP you can do it in explorer from the manage option(search the forum for clues)
If u are running win9x then use any third partu utility like Partition magic etc and make the only partition on the 2nd hdd visible.
Beware win9x does not support multiple primary partitions but it is unlikely to have any problems.
As you said ur engineer had hidden the disk due to bad sectors
so after rebooting run fdisk and delete the partition on the second disk and
again recreate it.
REboot in msdos mode and perform a full format on the raw partition with the file system fat/fat32 etc.
Scan the partition for errors using scandisk .
Perform a complete surface scan.The bad sectors will be marked and the
drive would be ready for storing data.

If the disk is physically disconnected then reconnect the ide cable and power.Ensure that there is no conflict ie. If ur connecting 2 disks make sure one is master n the other is slave. Boot from the first hdd and the new partition will be available in my cmputer.Run a through surface scan with scandisk in windows to mark the bad sectors.

King_Niral · 21-05-2005, 05:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by amitsaudy

Quote:

Originally Posted by achacko@dataone.in

Quote:

Originally Posted by expertno.1

this is really a bit complicated guys

can achacko@dataone.in explain what he had done from the begining ?

For Gods sake look at the 1st post of the thread.

It says the drive was hidden cos of the bad sectors, I wanna unhide it now as I have free space on it.

Your query was

'I have a drive that is hidden. It is a standalone drive and not partitioned. How do I bring it up. I could use that to store data.'

Clarify what according to you means 'HIDDEN'.
There can be various interpretations.
I interpret it as physically connected to the computer but hidden in the OS
If thats what you mean then check if the disk is detected in your bios.
If yes then boot into windows.
You said it is a single drive with no partitions but maybe you mean it does not have multiple partitions cos there has to be one primary partition for the disk to function(ie c

and depending on your OS you will have to unhide that partition.
If you are using windows XP you can do it in explorer from the manage option(search the forum for clues)
If u are running win9x then use any third partu utility like Partition magic etc and make the only partition on the 2nd hdd visible.
Beware win9x does not support multiple primary partitions but it is unlikely to have any problems.
As you said ur engineer had hidden the disk due to bad sectors
so after rebooting run fdisk and delete the partition on the second disk and
again recreate it.
REboot in msdos mode and perform a full format on the raw partition with the file system fat/fat32 etc.
Scan the partition for errors using scandisk .
Perform a complete surface scan.The bad sectors will be marked and the
drive would be ready for storing data.

If the disk is physically disconnected then reconnect the ide cable and power.Ensure that there is no conflict ie. If ur connecting 2 disks make sure one is master n the other is slave. Boot from the first hdd and the new partition will be available in my cmputer.Run a through surface scan with scandisk in windows to mark the bad sectors.

amitsaudy Has given the answer !!!
There is not better reply to ur Question !!!

Charley · 21-05-2005, 07:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by amitsaudy

Clarify what according to you means 'HIDDEN'.
There can be various interpretations.

I interpret it as physically connected to the computer but hidden in the OS

Right&Exact.

You said it is a single drive with no partitions

Right, no partitions only a disk[1.4GB]

@ Saroman - Dude, tried it but doesnt work out.