Connecting a 3.5 HD(Hard disk) to a laptop

[compuwhiz93]

Hi there.

I want to connect my 3.5 Hard disk to my laptop, i was able to do that before using the ide converter something like that but 2 weeks ago i did some changes to my laptop to increase its boot speed, i dont exactly remember that i did but since then whenever i try connect any of my 3 HDs to the laptop, they do turn on and i can see the safely remove icon but i cant see the drives in Computer, and after awhile its says that i need to format the drives first????? it happens on all my 3 HDs.

Eagerly waiting for replies.

 

[Ashvin Busviah]

hi..
On run type "mmc"
then "file" > "Add in snap" > add > add disk management
and then check if you can see the hard drive on there.. if it had wrongly been formatted you need to format it again "nfts" format..

cheers
Ash

 

[compuwhiz93]

Thanks a lot for your reply.
It shows the other HD as not Initialized?? any ideas or is it a gone case?? as i said before they were all working fine before.

 

[Ashvin Busviah]

you need to format it again.. it had not been formatted the right way before?? perhaps.. if you don't have important data on it of course..
right click "select" quick format "ntfs"