I'm stumped! For several days I have tried to unlock and reuse my 100GB WD drive from my UltimateTV. Several times, I followed the procedure listed here in the FAQs...by the numbers, so to speak. I tried both the stand alone method as well as the connections between UTV and PC.
(Don't know if this matters, but I used no phone, cable connections and the access card was removed and I onlt got a breily flashing green light.)
The result is the same. PC Bios doesn't recognize UTV drive...but It appears as a Secondary IDE drive going thru the boot-up screens, and it appears in Windows Device Manager. It doesn't appear in File manager.
I retried the UTV-PC connection and finally got it to appear and accept write to. BUT...the Western Digital drive utility reports it as 2-partitions.
Partition 1 cannnot be accessed (29 GB)
Partition 2 can be accessed (71GB)
However, when I reboot, the drive is still recognized in the Boot-up sequence and in Device Manager, but disappears in File Manager.
Is this a lost cause, or can someone please offer any other solutions?
Sorry, for the lengthy post and thanks in advance for all interest and advice.
(Don't know if this matters, but I used no phone, cable connections and the access card was removed and I onlt got a breily flashing green light.)
The result is the same. PC Bios doesn't recognize UTV drive...but It appears as a Secondary IDE drive going thru the boot-up screens, and it appears in Windows Device Manager. It doesn't appear in File manager.
I retried the UTV-PC connection and finally got it to appear and accept write to. BUT...the Western Digital drive utility reports it as 2-partitions.
Partition 1 cannnot be accessed (29 GB)
Partition 2 can be accessed (71GB)
However, when I reboot, the drive is still recognized in the Boot-up sequence and in Device Manager, but disappears in File Manager.
Is this a lost cause, or can someone please offer any other solutions?
Sorry, for the lengthy post and thanks in advance for all interest and advice.