Hard drive disappeared

[Betaros]

Hey, So I backed up my OS from one internal drive to another. Now the second backup drive won't show up and can't be used because it has a "signature collision with another drive". So I assume I just need to wipe the drive, which I am also kind of struggling with. Anybody have any tips?

 

[mbarnes86]

Hi

You have not said what operating system, i presume some version of windows
There are tools to wipe the mbr or begining of a hard disk

Example mbr wizard or western digital data life guard for windows
Mbr wizard should be able to change the signature so wiping the hdd should not be required

Both are on Hirens boot cd

If you have a new pc with win 8 or 10 you may have to disable secure boot in the bios / uefi to let Hirens boot cd start up

Regards
Mike Barnes

The main risk is writting to the wrong drive, so the good drive should be disconnected while operating on the other drive

 

[farmeunit]

Go into Computer Management->Disk Management. Right-click on drive and make is Online. Then format it.