Trying to install 2.5 inch drive as slave in HP deskside to recover data

I am trying to install a 2.5 inch Toshiba 40G drive(HDD2171)from my
laptop (Toshiba Satellite 505, XP, etc.) (HP4458, Win 98)in order to
recover some data that was (foolishly) not included in the backups of
the laptop. The little drive failed and wouldn't boot in the laptop,
but I'm hoping that some data is still recoverable...

I purchased a little 44 pin to 40 pin IDE hard drive adapter and
managed to fish out the connector for the slave drive in the HP (the
connector is an in-line connector on the cable that goes on up to the
CD drive) and hook it up, but I don't know where to go from here to
get it to work as a slave.

When I boot the HP it does not recognize the new drive, and I can't
figure out how to set it as a slave since there are no jumpers on the
little 2.5 inch drive.

When I press F1 and enter Setup on the HP, the drive lineup reads like
this:

Primary Master: [Quantum Fireball Ex6.4A –(PM]
Primary Slave: [None]
Secondary Master: [None]
Secondary Slave: [None]

If I enter the Primary Slave setup, select [User] mode, and enter the
disc parameters from the disc label I see the following:

[User]
CHS Format
Cylinders: [16380]
Heads: [16]
Sectors: [63]
Max Cap: 8455MB

LBA Format
{all fields show zeros}

Multi-Sector Transferrs: [Disabled]
LBA Mode Control: [Disabled]
32 Bit IO: [Disabled]
Transfer Mode: [Standard]
Ultra DMA Mode: [Disabled]

Exiting and saving and booting then shows no slave drive, only the C:
and the A: (floppy)

Device Manager show two hard drives and reports they both are "Working
Properly", but I can't access the little guy.

(As the CD driver tries to load, it reports "No Drive Found" and then
the machine continues to boot normally but w/o CD drive.)

If I disconnect the little "slave" then the HP boots normally, CD
Drive and all.

Any thoughts, anyone???

Thanks,


-Harry