salvaging a dying hard disk

[Curt]

On 07/27/2011 11:12 AM, compdoc wrote:
>
> >It is an internal drive. However I do have a USB/SATA adapter
>
> >I could try. not sure if that would make a difference or not.
>
> Internal connections are the best way. Leave it as is. Since you've 
> booted Ubuntu Live, you have the gnome Disk Manager (palimpsest). Does 
> that see the drive?
>
> Does the drive show up in the motherboard bios?
>
Neither disk manager nor BIOS see the drive.
BIOS also does not see the good one, though disk manager does.
Both are SATA disks.
The motherboard is an ASUS A7V8X-X. Unlike my newer mobo, the BIOS in 
this one does not have a boot option that shows all connected hard 
drives, only "CD-ROM", "Removable Device", "IDE Hard Drive" and "Other 
boot device".
IDE is showing only "none" and "disabled" for choices.
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