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Unable to detect SATA disk with USB adapter

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sprognoerden Posts 2 Registration date Saturday May 10, 2014 Status Member Last seen May 11, 2014 - May 10, 2014 at 07:28 AM
xpcman Posts 19530 Registration date Wednesday October 8, 2008 Status Contributor Last seen June 15, 2019 - May 12, 2014 at 02:32 PM
Hi,
I am trying to get access to a 2,5 " SATA disk removed from a laptop. As interface I use a Roline USB 2.0 to S-ATA/IDE Converter. The SATA disk runs Vista and I have tried connecting it to both Vista and XP computers. In both cases the disk runs smoothly (nice purring sound), but I can not see it in Windows Explorer. I have also tried out in Safe Mode, but it does not show. Can anyone help me out? It would be really wonderful to get access to all my files. :-)
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xpcman Posts 19530 Registration date Wednesday October 8, 2008 Status Contributor Last seen June 15, 2019 1,825
May 10, 2014 at 07:22 PM
Do you have an option to power the hard drive from an external power source? Sometimes the HD needs more power than the USB port supplies.

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sprognoerden Posts 2 Registration date Saturday May 10, 2014 Status Member Last seen May 11, 2014
May 11, 2014 at 04:47 AM
Yes, the adapter has its own power source. And HD sounds as if it is working well.
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xpcman Posts 19530 Registration date Wednesday October 8, 2008 Status Contributor Last seen June 15, 2019 1,825
May 12, 2014 at 02:32 PM
most likely the HD is defective.
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