MadCatz mem card killed my Sony HDD!!!

**vegeta128x** · 11-04-2004,10:32 PM

I was transfering some games saves from my mem card to my HDD without any probs, then I went to erase REO from the HDD so I can have more GB's to use for games. Then I went back to the browser screen to select the ps1 game to use HDLoader. It took a little longer to load than usual and was wonder to myself if I had erased anything that I needed to start up HDLoader. After it was fully loaded it had said that it had NOT detected any Hard Drives. I called up sony and they told me that Mad Catz's mem cards arent fully compatable with Sony's HDD and told me to call them up for a refund.

Has this happened to anyone b4? Is there a way to revive the hdd? The pc dont see it through WHIIP which means it isnt ps2 partitioned anymore either

. I put in the HDD Utility disc to see if I can format it and it doesnt see it either. Can anyone help me out please??

**sloose** · 11-04-2004,10:51 PM

If your using windows xp, when you've got the hdd in your pc, can you see the harddrive through computer management->disk management

Also a long shot but did you bend any of the ide pins on the hd?

**zabolyx** · 11-04-2004,10:56 PM

Um... that's whack.. being that the Mad Catz MC is liscensed by Sony... and is the same card with just a different flash chip in it... how odd

**vegeta128x** · 11-04-2004,11:44 PM

Originally Posted by sloose

If your using windows xp, when you've got the hdd in your pc, can you see the harddrive through computer management->disk management

Also a long shot but did you bend any of the ide pins on the hd?

No I forgot to check if the pc can see it, I only checked if WHIIP could see it. NO none of the pins were bent. The HDD was working b4 I moved the ICO save from the mem card to the HDD.

**sloose** · 11-05-2004,01:38 AM

Originally Posted by vegeta128x

No I forgot to check if the pc can see it, I only checked if WHIIP could see it. NO none of the pins were bent. The HDD was working b4 I moved the ICO save from the mem card to the HDD.

If you can't recover your data, and you can't see the drive in winhiip, then I would check if the drive is visible in windows disk management and just give it a format to fat32 or something. Then go back to winhiip and format it for the ps2.

**vegeta128x** · 11-05-2004,01:42 AM

Oh ok, so its not dead? hey can you go on aim my screen name is slymshdy21.

**vegeta128x** · 11-05-2004,03:37 AM

I hooked it up to my pc and it does not see it in the disc management, but under Device Manager it does as ST340015A. What do I do now? I have no idea what to do.
I gatta get some sleep now but i'll be back on tomorrow afternoon/evening to see if someone has an answer. I dont want to buy a new HDD.

**bryan4203** · 11-05-2004,05:11 AM

Use the hdd tools disk that came with your official hd.Go to install hdd software and after that,it should recognize it.If not,check to see if one of the pins on the hdd is pushed in a little.If it is,pull it out with some plyers(happened to me before)

**vegeta128x** · 11-06-2004,01:50 PM

What pins? the one the ribbon is connected to?

And where is computer management->disk management?

**sloose** · 11-07-2004,04:54 AM

Originally Posted by vegeta128x

What pins? the one the ribbon is connected to?

And where is computer management->disk management?

If it shows up in device manager, you should see it in disk manager.

Go to start->settings->control panel->administrative tools->computer management

which brings up computer management, then on the left click storage->disk management

You should now see all the drives hooked up. Your ps2 drive should hopefully show up as "healthy (unknown)" or something like that. From here you can give it a fresh format or just delete the partition. Then see if you can give it a ps2 format.

Check the pins on the hardrive I guess. See if any are bent or if one broke off.

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