[Rommel]

Hi all,
I'm trying to save pics off a friends IDE HDD.
Currently BIOS sees it but device manager does not nor does disc managerment see it.

My primary drive is sata running W7 64 bit pro.
I have thier IDE setup as master.
Tried as slave with same results.

Running a DOS prompt, when I type, list disc, it doesn't show i either.

Is their other options to try?

[LiveBrianD]

Does Device Manager see it? Have you tried running Recuva on it?

[Rommel]

LiveBrianD, on 27 October 2012 - 01:04 PM, said:

Does Device Manager see it? Have you tried running Recuva on it?

Sorry I missed that detail in my post.
No it does not.

Only BIOS.

[Rommel]

LiveBrianD, on 27 October 2012 - 01:04 PM, said:

Does Device Manager see it? Have you tried running Recuva on it?

Would it work on an undetected drive?

[LiveBrianD]

Rommel, on 27 October 2012 - 01:29 PM, said:

LiveBrianD, on 27 October 2012 - 01:04 PM, said:

Does Device Manager see it? Have you tried running Recuva on it?

Would it work on an undetected drive?

I'm actually not sure - according to some sites, it will. It's worth a try.

[Szczecinianin]

 And why don't you write them to a pendrive or burn on a CD/DVD RW? Sure your friends have an optical drive and some kind of burning app? And others also have problems with IDE and Win 7, see e.g. this forum  But since it's your friends' computer It wouldn't be nice to fiddle with BIOS. 

This post has been edited by Szczecinianin: 28 October 2012 - 02:11 AM

[jamest072]

Did you try it on other computer? Or change the data cable?

This post has been edited by jamest072: 09 November 2012 - 02:24 AM