using FDISK /MBR ...help please

[kgb]

Hi, I hope someone can advice me about the problem i'm having acessing a physical hard drive.

The drive is a 2g WDC, and I was able to FDISK (made 4 partitions of 500mg), FOMATTED, install Win98, MsOffice and that was in Micron P133 Millenna computer. Every went well. I had to slave that drive to copy some backup data from another computer. Did that, and no problem, data was only 10mg and is sit on another partition. When i tried to restore that drive back to its original machine, the Micron P133, it wouldnt wanted to reconize. The Error was getting was "no fixed disk". Considering the jumper is set to Master, Bios reads the drive as Drive 0 IDE..everything is fine there. I tried to fdisk /mbr, and get the same error saying that the fixed disk is not existant (or something like that) So i slave that drive back and everything seems to be in ok. I was able to see C: and all files???? Once slaved, i don't think you can fdsik /mbr on that specific?? If anyone can inform me or guide will be appreciated. I dont think the drive is trashed ...yet.

thanks
George.

[CMonster]

After you did 'fdisk /mbr' (on the drive as master) did you transfer the system files to the hard disk?

a:\sys c: ?? you might want to try that

[This message has been edited by CMonster (edited 11-01-1999).]

[Ygor]

Double-check your connections when you put it back in the Micron. Sounds like it's just not seeing it. Sometimes those data cables look seated, but aren't quite.
Just looked back at your original post and saw that the bios detects it.
WD drives have another jumper setting to be seen as the "sole drive" in the system if it's the only hard drive present. Check for that.
Hope that's all it is!

[This message has been edited by Ygor (edited 11-01-1999).]

[kgb]

Connection was verified several time, jumper also. I am not able FDISK since as a master the system would not reconize it, even the bios (Phoenix Bios) wouldn't, suddenly , no longer detected either AUTO or USER? CAn we do fdisk /mbr on a slave or should i just format the partition while the drive is a slave???


thanks

[Butchk]

Do you have a copy of the western digital disk manager? This might work.

[smokin1]

Some Western Digitals work with the jumper
set to master only when there is a slave
attached...when you take the slave off
you have to change the pins again. Check
your documentation or WD website...I have
an older 1.6 kicking around that had to have pins 3 and 5 shorted to act as master.
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