I deleted all the files in my external laptop hard drive 40G that I was gonna use in my Tyros2 I erased all files instead of FORMATTING........now nothing recognizes the hard Drive!!!! is there a way to correct this and make the HD usable again so it will be recognized ....HELP!!!!!!!!!!

What brand of Hdd ?
Go to the manufactor site , download a diskdoctor program or likewise and run the Hdd as a slave an format it.

Impuls

Is your hard drive connected via a USB connector? Some companies need to load driver software for the USB enclosed hard drive to connect to the computer. Some will reconize the hard drive right away. If that is the case try reloading the software again, If your not sure go to plan B

Plan B

If you feel confident enough and have a regular PC handy I would connect the Hard drive as a slave and see if the computer can see it. The reason I asked about a PC is they are much easier to get access to the Hard drive ribbon, ETC.

If the computer does see your hard drive then you are in good shape except for the lost files. If you wish to recover the lost files then you will need to get a disc utility to recover the files and it can be a tedious proceedure and will work only if you've not written any new info to the hard drive. If you feel your in over your head time to buy a few beers and have your comupter buddy come over and fix you up.

Jerry

Thank you everyone for the help........once again SZ member & good friend Mike Sutliff saved the day ...........we were able to reformat via Dos CMD ...funny thing now, it only works on my LT or PC sometimes ...but the Tyros 2 will not recognize it, its a Fitsushito 40G....but the other one I have IBM Travel Start 10G works fine in the T2 go figure...?

[This message has been edited by Dnj (edited 05-26-2006).]

My guess is that you are formatted as NTSF and the Tyros wants FAT32 ONLY
BEBOP

Hello, http://www.ntfs.com/ntfs_vs_fat.htm states that the maximum volume size of a HDD formated with FAT32 is 32GB, whereas Donny wants to use a 40GB.
George

I am pretty sure that I put a 60 GB hdd in my tyros 2 and it is FAT
Bebop

Actually FAT 32 can be up to 2TB (Terabyte) in size, however Windows XP will only allow formating in FAT 32 of 32Gb, but will read larger volumes.
Tyros 2 is based on the old P3 technology so is limited to a maximun hard disk size of 120Gb. (You can fit larger disks but it will only format to 132Gb)
Tyros 2 probably requires an unformated disk, (It will then format it to suit) if a file system is already installed it may have problems)
Hope this helps.

Bill

Although Im using another 10g Hd on the Tyros2 with no problems....as of now......I also have a 2.5 9mm IDE 40G Fisujitso HD in a USB case here that will not be recognized on my Pc/Lt/or Tyros2......via usb..........is there a way to format this even though its not recognized ...or should I throw it out!!!!???
when I go to Device manager there is a yellow explanation mark on the USB drive listed Arggg!

[This message has been edited by Dnj (edited 05-27-2006).]

Hello DNJ
Go to the manufacture of the case and download the driver for it, as it is probably an old design.
BTW. What Operating System are you using?
Alternatively remove the disc from the case and insert it in your laptop, which should then recognise it. (You will need to make a bootable CD with fdisk on it first, as when you swap the drive there will be no operating system on your laptop)
BTW. When you reinsert the original disk in your laptop it will operate as normal.
Another avenue is with the disk connected to your main computer, go to the Windows Update site and see if a driver is available there. (If there is, it will automatically show up after you select scan for updates)
Hope this helps.

Bill

First of all, if it is an external HDD you must have been running it thru USB. When you deleted all of the files, did you have it set up with another windows program like 98SE or ME? If not, then what you need to do is go to the Manufacturer's website and download a program that will allow the HDD to be recognized and also to write zeros to it. What this means is you are turning every bit of the binary code back to zero so that the HDD will not hav ANY information left on it. For instance, when I worked for Gateway Tech support and ran into this kind of problem with the customers, sowetimes it was necessary to take the external HDD to another computer to get it to be recognized...I know a lot of people may not have this option. I know of several different methods on how to fix this, but I will need a lot more info on the HDD and what Windows program you are using in order to tell you how to correctly troubleshoot it. you can email me at john_potter2@yahoo.com.
John

I'd have thought that XP should have given you enough capability to blast the hard disc via USB; you'll probably need to use the "Local Storage Manager" snap in, which is to be found at "Control Panel - Performance and Maintenance - Administrative Tools - Computer Management", which pops up a new window, select "Storage" in the left hard tree then "Disc Management" and you should then be in the right place. Just take great care to ensure you zap the right disk! You want to remove all partitions from the notebook hard disc. If the drive is visible, right-click using the mouse and "Remove Logical Drive" should do the trick.

If that doesnt work, get the Hard disc installed into a PC. You can get notebook -> desktop IDE cables that take the 44 pin interface on your notebook hard drive and turn it into the "conventional" 40 pin + power connector that your ordinary desktop is expecting. The notebook drive will probably want to be the master on the channel you use; I'd probably not have another drive on th same cable to be safe. You could try the XP route again at this point, just in case it now works!

The alternative is to boot up the PC using a DOS floppy disc, then use the DOS "FDISK" command to remove any partitions on the notebook hard drive. If you are doing this I'd disconnect all other hard discs in the PC to remove even the slightest possibility that you might clean out the wrong drive!

Good luck!

And let's be careful out there....

Just this morning I had a 200 gig usb external drive go down windows would not recognise it. (I tried to defrag it and someting got corrupted and it didn't finish.) When I plugged it in by usb it would beep and show up in device manager but I couldn't access it.
Anyhow I plugged it into the mac and was able to erase it and format it to dos and now it works on my pc again.
Donny if you don't know anybody with a mac send it to me and I'll see if I can save your drive. either way I will return it to you. Of course you will lose all info it will come back blank.

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Mike thanx so much for the offer......I just sent it to a friend who is in the know od PC's who will hopefully revive this 40G to working staus again so I can use it.....otherwise I'll just get another one .....meanwhile Im using my 10g in the T2 which works fine