I was previously using Winhiip to install my PS2 games to ide hdd via a usb to ide adapter. After I finished I 'safely disconnected' the USB adapter via right clicking on the system tray bottom right hand corner. A few hours later I tried to install some new games but now Windows disk management no longer sees the hdd. As a consequence the PS2 hdd no longer displays inside Winhiip. Nothing has changed as far as I can see from a few hours ago so what has gone wrong? Any ideas? I really don't want to try the cat cable as that is too slow and in the past my PS2 network adapter died going down that route.
Quick answers to anticipate questions:
- I'm using Windows 10
- HDD still plays the games fine in the PS2 (ulaunch says I have 193GB free out of 320GB. 48bit formatted. Less than 100 games)
- Yes, I right clicked run as administrator.
- Yes, I've tried re-searching/refreshing for hdds in Windows Disk Management (it only shows the non-PS2 hdds whereas I think the PS2 hdd was number 4 before - at least that is what Winhiip log file says)
- Yes, I tried shutting down computer and cold boot.
- Yes, the hdd is spinning
- No, Windows is no longer showing a usb connected device in the system tray like it did before.
- I have tried 2 different USB to ide adapters with the same result (they both work with other hdds)
- No, I can't connect the hdd directly to motherboard because I don't have ide slot
Quick answers to anticipate questions:
- I'm using Windows 10
- HDD still plays the games fine in the PS2 (ulaunch says I have 193GB free out of 320GB. 48bit formatted. Less than 100 games)
- Yes, I right clicked run as administrator.
- Yes, I've tried re-searching/refreshing for hdds in Windows Disk Management (it only shows the non-PS2 hdds whereas I think the PS2 hdd was number 4 before - at least that is what Winhiip log file says)
- Yes, I tried shutting down computer and cold boot.
- Yes, the hdd is spinning
- No, Windows is no longer showing a usb connected device in the system tray like it did before.
- I have tried 2 different USB to ide adapters with the same result (they both work with other hdds)
- No, I can't connect the hdd directly to motherboard because I don't have ide slot
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