try using parted magic (http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=partedmagic)???

My cousin had a computer fail...and his hard drive was INACCESSIBLE...you could see it in the Disk Management...

never mind...i deleted the volume and reformatted my external...thanks for the help though...

i think i need to write a new Master Boot Record...my mistake...the format doesnt show up as RAW..it actually doesnt even show anything there...blank...

anyone know a free program that will do...

hmm...thats true...ill start rescanning it again...

the program is called Recover It All Professional

idk about that...ive found a program that says they can recover the data...although it was a demo version...and i started to scan it and it said it was going to take 6.5+ hours :|

so i thought...

Hello...I have a Western Digital 750GB External Hard Drive which has worked for months...

Than Ive tried to make a partition and install linux on it...but than after about 5% of formatting i...

I dont know how to solve the other problems you all are having, but i have the same problem. i have a 300gb sata maxtor hard drive, and my windows vista cant detect it. i tried to unplug it and plug...

:cheesy: i was mad too, but me, my dad and my brother (9) were working together to figure it out, we were so :confused: ,my dad and brother dont know much about computers, but they could spot some...

:mrgreen: It was the power wire that I missed, I didn't connect the power wire that turned on the adapter. The wire was the same wire that connected the floppy drive, it's a small wire, not very...

I've figured out what to do, i just missed a wire i had to add to the adapter, now it works, thanks anyway for taking your time to help me. Thank you.

I found this number on the card, it's CK-0019C.

I bought this item on ebay, so i only got one paper, this is all i know, i found this number, dont know what it is though: CK-0001B/C. Features:Flexible with Serial ATA Generation 1, Standard 40 pin...

:mad: I've had lots of experience with computers with scomputers and know how to work with them well, but i never worked with SATA hard drive and SATA adapters. When i connect my new SATA ULTRA 16...