having troubles mounting a disk drive with usb to ide cale?
I am trying to mount a dual boot(linux/windows)
dell laptop internal ide (ibm) 20 gig hard disk
on my dell precision desktop (wind2k) using a ide to usb cable.(sabrent).
I can see my drive in the device manager under disk drives, it kwon exactly my disk id (IC25T048 ATDA05-0 USB Device. but when it wont show in the disk management window.
How can I mount this drive on my pc???
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2 Responses to “having troubles mounting a disk drive with usb to ide cale?”
The drive may not be getting enough power.
I have used those adapters before and some have an optional power supply port and you may need to connect a power supply from radio shack if it didn’t come with one.
If that doesn’t work? Did you install the drivers that came with the adapter. Sometimes windows will auto-detect the adapater but you won’t be able to see the drive attached until you install the drivers from the manufacturer.
If that doesn’t work, try uninstalling the device by right clicking on it device manager. Then unplug from USB. Restart. Plug it in again.
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If you have Windows Home then it may not show. Disk Mangament requires that you convert the disc volume to a dynamic disc, as well.
What you -need- to do is learn how-to FDISK(search on google for a tutorial), a DOS (disk operating system) command. You can access the command prompt via: Start –> Accessories –> Command Prompt. You will need to create two primary paritions/volumes (the term is interchangeable). You will need to install linux on the first parition and Windows on the second. The FDISK command will also let you choose which parition is to be set to active. You will have to set the first partition to Active to run linux, and the second one should be active whenever you wish to run Windows.
Good luck!
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