<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479644478089_3746">Hello Martin</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479644478089_3745"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479644478089_3751">Thanks for your reply.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479644478089_3908"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479644478089_3793" dir="ltr">I have tried as you suggested. However, I am unable to see the second drive in the dev folder - all I have are sda, and sda1 to sda6. I would have expected to see sdb.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479644478089_3940" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479644478089_3938" dir="ltr">I have also:</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479644478089_3998" dir="ltr">1) tried</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479644478089_3922" dir="ltr">sudo lshw -C disk</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479644478089_3919" dir="ltr">but only see the primary drive.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479644478089_3920" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479644478089_4000" dir="ltr">2) tried attaching both the SDD and HDD as the secondary drive, but am unable to see them.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479644478089_4046" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479644478089_4047" dir="ltr">3) checked the cables and power sockets on motherboard by changing round the cables, but still unable to see the extra drive.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">4) booted up the computer with the above SDD and HDD but have been asked for the floppy boot drive (does not now exist).</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">A further thing to point out is that the SDD and HDD have been installed with Windows 7. This should not be a problem as the old computer I am using to read the SDD and HDD was dual booted with Windows XP.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479644478089_4229" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479644478089_4230" dir="ltr">Do you have any more suggestions?</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479644478089_4231" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479644478089_4232" dir="ltr">Thanks</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479644478089_4234" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479644478089_4233" dir="ltr">Ron</div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479644478089_3758"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479644478089_3755" style="display: block;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479644478089_3754" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479644478089_3753" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479644478089_3752" dir="ltr"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479644478089_3790" face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479644478089_3792"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Martin via Nottingham <nottingham@mailman.lug.org.uk><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Ron Wilton via Nottingham <nottingham@mailman.lug.org.uk> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Saturday, 19 November 2016, 20:42<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Nottingham] Viewing a second harddrive<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479644478089_3756"><br>Ron,<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Surprised noone has answered yet... It must be the weekend and a bright<br clear="none">sunny day!<br clear="none"><br clear="none">On Sat, Nov 19, 2016 at 11:55:01AM +0000, Ron Wilton via Nottingham wrote:<br clear="none">[...]<br clear="none">> This document could be one one it two drives: a SanDisk solid state drive; or a Western Digital HDD. Both of these drives have a SATA interface. Unfortunately, this computer does not now work; I believe that the processor is at fault.<br clear="none">> I had hoped to use an old Ubuntu computer to read these drives. I have attached the SSD to the SATA and power cables to act as a second harddrive without success. Can anyone advise me on whether what I am doing is possible, and if so, what else do I need to do?<br clear="none">> Thanks.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Ron<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Yep... You can read multiple HDD/SSD disks like that.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Safest is to shut everyting down and ensure the power is off. Then<br clear="none">attach your second drive with power and SATA, boot up, and then...<br clear="none"><br clear="none">You need to "mount" the respective partitions from the second drive.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Look for "mount" or "devices" in the menu options for your desktop or<br clear="none">file manager or 'system menu'. You may see something described as<br clear="none">"/dev/sdb1" or "/dev/sdc1" or some such series of numbers, or some name<br clear="none">that describes the partition that you want. (Your host machine should be<br clear="none">using "/dev/sda1" and a few other "/dev/sda..." for its own disk partitions.<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">Let us know if you're stuck for finding a walk-through.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">(Also, for your HDD, ensure that it is firmly placed horizontally or<br clear="none">virtically. Definitely do not try using it whilst 'dangling' on the<br clear="none">cables! There is a fragile spinning disk inside that chunky metal box!)<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">Good luck and let us know how you get along,<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Cheers,<br clear="none">Martin<div class="yqt3865972837" id="yqtfd61371"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">Nottingham mailing list<br clear="none"><a href="mailto:Nottingham@mailman.lug.org.uk" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Nottingham@mailman.lug.org.uk">Nottingham@mailman.lug.org.uk</a><br clear="none"><a href="https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/nottingham" target="_blank" shape="rect">https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/nottingham</a></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>