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Western Digital hard drive WD400BB - 00dga0 ... 40GB Internal Hard Drive

Anonymous
2012-08-24T02:50:24+00:00

I am desparately looking for a driver for this hard drive. It was fully fuctional, when it was wiped with the program "kill disk".

I am wanting to put it on my kids computer so they can do their school work, but i am having no luck- & cannot afford another computer or repairs.

The machine on prompt goes to the bios, where it is NOT recognized. All straps, wiring all checked ... & works fine with other parts.

Can some 1 email me the site, or a bootable driver file in the email ?  Thanks loads for ur support- 1st time here !

******@hotmail.com   tks, bruce

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  1. Anonymous
    2012-08-24T10:02:34+00:00

    If BIOS does not recognize the drive, there is no software or driver that will make the drive work.  You must find out why BIOS doesn't see the drive, once it does then the rest will be fine.

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  1. Anonymous
    2012-08-24T03:04:40+00:00

    The problem doesnt exist with drivers,it's probably due to the wrong

    settings with the hd plastic jumper pins.The pins determine if its a slave or

    the master hd on the IDE cable.The pin configuration is on the front of the

    hd,if pin(s) exist,remove them,or install hd solo on a IDE cable.

    Also,hds run on the pc thru the controller,the controller might need drivers

    but usually run on microsoft default drivers,unless its a SATA hd,WD400BB

    isnt..

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