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Rocketfish RF-HD35 3.5" Hard Drive Enclosure
« on: November 07, 2007, 07:03:57 pm »
I recently purchased a Rocketfish RF-HD35 3.5" Hard Drive Enclosure to gain access to a 160gb HD that was in another machine.

It was never a system drive, but contained all my music, pics, and pr0n.... ;D

Anyways, I hook this thing up thru the USB port and was expecting to just hook up like a flash disc.... no go.

I get the 'safely remove hardware' icon... but no where can I find the drive...

The drivers allow me to 'save' to the hard drive, but I don't want to do that... I just want to access what is already on there....

Any ideas?

I am running a Dell 2.66Ghz & 1 GB of ram with XP home edition SP2.
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Re: Rocketfish RF-HD35 3.5" Hard Drive Enclosure
« Reply #1 on: November 08, 2007, 04:53:47 pm »
I had a USB key drive that had "drivers" on it, when I removed the "drivers" I was able to access the drive like a normal hard drive.  Usually when you plug in any storage space to the system the OS should be able to recognize what it is and act accordingly.  But before you uninstall the drivers look and see if you can find some sort of "control panel" and see if there is a option listed that allows you to access the drive space normally.  Hope this helps.
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Re: Rocketfish RF-HD35 3.5" Hard Drive Enclosure
« Reply #2 on: November 13, 2007, 03:31:25 pm »
The drive might need to be initilized by the OS.

Control panel: Admin Tools: Computer management

Then double click on "Disk Management" on the left hand side.

With the new drive plugged in, check to see if it's listed. Right click on the new drive (it will probably say unallocated space) and then click initilize.

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Re: Rocketfish RF-HD35 3.5" Hard Drive Enclosure
« Reply #3 on: November 14, 2007, 07:30:08 pm »
I have been thinking of this and wonder if you may have run up against NTFS security.  I think that when Windows accesses the drive it checks to see if it owns it and if not refuses to access it.   If the original system that the drive was in is available you might want to try connecting it and if it can access it use the eject media function before disconnecting it.  Then try and connect it to the computer you want to use it on. 

Alternately you might test the USB cable in case it is defective.

I've never used such a drive enclosure so I have no experience and am guessing.  Good Luck.
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Re: Rocketfish RF-HD35 3.5" Hard Drive Enclosure
« Reply #4 on: November 25, 2007, 10:45:38 pm »
Hello,

I am having basicly the same problem.  Although with one twist, the first (Master) drive I put into the enclosure had Windows 98 on it, when I plugged into my HP Pavilon it saw it no problem, I was even able to get some files off it that I had forgotten about.  But when I switched it out for the slave drive, plugged it in and turned it on, my computer was no longer seeing it. I have tried all the suggestions in this topic and nothing is working. Any other suggestions as to what I can to do to access my additional data on the slave drive would be greatly appreciated. 

Thank you,
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Re: Rocketfish RF-HD35 3.5" Hard Drive Enclosure
« Reply #5 on: November 26, 2007, 08:56:25 am »
I use a CP tech unit that connects via USB and I always set the drive to cable select ( although not listed as a requirement in the sparse use manual ). Works that way fine on 2 WD Cavair 20GB and 1 DeskStar 20GB drives.

Hard drive enclosures.. a geeks way of stashing porn in plain sight. :D
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Re: Rocketfish RF-HD35 3.5" Hard Drive Enclosure
« Reply #6 on: November 26, 2007, 07:35:31 pm »
A true geek disables the "porn drive" in the BIOS after encrypting and hiding the partition. 
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Re: Rocketfish RF-HD35 3.5" Hard Drive Enclosure
« Reply #7 on: November 27, 2007, 08:44:33 am »
Being a slave to Windoze I wouldn't entrust it to keep anything hidden even with encrypted partitions. I damn well know it would email the whole dang collection to my entire address book with the click of a button for some unforseen reason.

On a technical note, is it faster to plug in the external HD or unlock the hidden drive (batch command perhaps)?

Gone are the days of Playboys in a box in the garage, now its all those HDs which aren't thrown out cause they're still usable. :P
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Re: Rocketfish RF-HD35 3.5" Hard Drive Enclosure
« Reply #8 on: November 27, 2007, 02:51:27 pm »
Quote from: NJAntman on November 27, 2007, 08:44:33 am
Being a slave to Windoze I wouldn't entrust it to keep anything hidden even with encrypted partitions. I damn well know it would email the whole dang collection to my entire address book with the click of a button for some unforseen reason.

On a technical note, is it faster to plug in the external HD or unlock the hidden drive (batch command perhaps)?

Gone are the days of Playboys in a box in the garage, now its all those HDs which aren't thrown out cause they're still usable. :P

Even the most basic encryption methods will give you protection that is beyond 99.9 percent of the populations ability to decrypt.
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Re: Rocketfish RF-HD35 3.5" Hard Drive Enclosure
« Reply #9 on: November 27, 2007, 08:27:50 pm »
Quote from: NJAntman on November 27, 2007, 08:44:33 am
Being a slave to Windoze I wouldn't entrust it to keep anything hidden even with encrypted partitions. I damn well know it would email the whole dang collection to my entire address book with the click of a button for some unforseen reason.

That is why I specified use the BIOS to hide the drive.  :)   You might also use an older version of Windows that does not have the phone home stuff.

One of my friends used the BIOS disk hiding option on his dual boot system.  He was surprised that though Windows didn't see the Linux drive, Linux DID see the Windows drive.  Somehow Linux accessed a drive that the BIOS ignored.

Quote from: NJAntman on November 27, 2007, 08:44:33 am
On a technical note, is it faster to plug in the external HD or unlock the hidden drive (batch command perhaps)?

Most likely the external is faster.
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Re: Rocketfish RF-HD35 3.5" Hard Drive Enclosure
« Reply #10 on: November 27, 2007, 08:43:03 pm »
I like my porn as much as the guys, but it’s no fun when my computer can’t see the extrenal drive. Help Please. My next option is to make sure that I have everything seated properly and try again.

Please let me know what other options are available.

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Re: Rocketfish RF-HD35 3.5" Hard Drive Enclosure
« Reply #11 on: November 27, 2007, 11:03:39 pm »
I take it that none of the suggestions have worked for IrishGrey or Bearslayer?
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Re: Rocketfish RF-HD35 3.5" Hard Drive Enclosure
« Reply #12 on: November 28, 2007, 09:18:37 am »
Quote from: Punisher LordOfBacon on November 27, 2007, 02:51:27 pm
Even the most basic encryption methods will give you protection that is beyond 99.9 percent of the populations ability to decrypt.

I worry more about my 17 month old son and his ability and determination to reach the keyboard. He has slammed down key combinations that have XP doing things I didn't think possible. :o
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Re: Rocketfish RF-HD35 3.5" Hard Drive Enclosure
« Reply #13 on: November 28, 2007, 09:20:50 am »
Quote from: IrishGrey on November 27, 2007, 08:43:03 pm
I like my porn as much as the guys, but it’s no fun when my computer can’t see the extrenal drive. Help Please. My next option is to make sure that I have everything seated properly and try again.

Please let me know what other options are available.

Irishgrey


When you set it up again try setting the jumpers to cable select.
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