i got a 60gb coming, so how exactly do i plug the IDE adapter to comp and then to HD. I do it the same way where i see my cdrom drives with the little missing bottom pin in the middle. i have to hook it up for the first time on that to disable the security thing so might as well image the drive also from that.
The cable has a red stripe on one side. the red stripe is Pin #1. Be sure that you connect everything with pin #1 in the same direction as the red stripe. Your MB, IDE adapter, and HDD will all have pin #1 labeled.
its the MK6034GAX, which side is pin 1? what do you mean its labeled. it doesnt say anything on the HD
Turn the drive over (green side) and it is labeled "Pin#1" in gold lettering close to the pins...
ok great i got it to detect through the bios, but when i load the magic boot disk. it shows nothing when i tried it on primary and slave. there is no drives to select, since i have the SATA drives disconnected. it runs from windows 98, that must be the internal bootup. i have chose option 1 and 2 and still nothing. I would think its option 1 with the SCSI adapater support. im going to try and download a new copy of the magic boot. i dont know why its not detecting the 60gb so i can remove security. i tried shift F3 to refresh and showing nothing. should i have my cd rom connecting to primary IDE and then the HD connected to slave?
Check the readme file that comes with MHDD. The 60gb drive needs to be on the primary IDE as master.
Also see this FAQ:
which option should i be selecting at the beginning 1 or 2 from bootup? Adapter SCSI supported?
I'm not sure. I have a custom boot version that I created a couple of years ago for my needs. I can't help much here...
the MHDD detects my SATA drives, but it still will not detect the IDE Toshiba 60gb. I put it on IDE master and slave. i see the toshiba drive detected in bios and i feel the power running on it. why is there always a problem?
ok so i connected to another comp and it detected it, when i changed the security and it checking sum, it said device error. it wouldnt make the changes. so now im scanning for repair. should i just reformat the HD? why is there a device error?
Formatting will not effect MHDD. When you get MHDD running, you select the # for the drive (it's alway 6 for my setup). Then type 'config' enter, then 'Y' enter (to make changes). Hit enter for all options to accept the defaults except Security. For Security, chose "y" to disable, then enter again. When done type "eid" to confirm security is disabled.
I did all that like i said at the end when it tries to change security it says checking sum and then device error
has the drive been installed in your Z already and been locked? If not, I have no idea. I have never had that error.
i bought it used i have no idea if someone put it in a Z or not. if that was the case theres no way of unlocking besides paying that $50. I just want everything deleted i dont care losing anything.
i bought it used i have no idea if someone put it in a Z or not. if that was the case theres no way of unlocking besides paying that $50. I just want everything deleted i dont care losing anything.
Run HDD Unlock for free to check and see if the drive is locked. If it's locked, you can buy a $5 license to unlock it losing all data...
its not locked, this is wierd i dont know why i cant change the security
Try the MHDD help group and/or googling.
it shows the drive is unlocked. i have no idea why am i getting a device error right below when it says reading or writing change sum. i didnt get it before when i had the 40gb.
can i choose that option in MHDD unlocking?
if this is any help the magic boot in MS DOS. i am going through the setting through the C:/MHDD. Its not through A:/MHDD. Thats a bad file name or incorrect command.
this is what it says
calculating new checksum...
writing changes to the drive
device error.
woww this makes my day i was playing around with acronis true image and i wanted to redo and start over so i deleted the backup thinking it was just on the software and i deleted the whole z3 image!!! how do i get the files back omg
Check the recycle bin? It may be too big for the recycle bin, but you can check.
its not there i messed up and deleted it. so i got to download it again. anyway if i forget the security support thing and i image the drive. does that mean the next update for maps the drive will already be locked once it goes into that Z unit and i will have to get it unlocked and pay $50 to save my music?
Yep.