[gringo 8217]

Hi
I have purchased the above cable from ebay and the instructions have been followed as they directed to plug and hence play ? i carried this out to no avail and then procede to add hard etc but to no avail , i have no visual in my computer but a ide drive does show up in device manager but still will not update driver etc to make usable , i have unistalled etc ! still no good , i have tried it with the sata connection and then nothing not even in device manager ?, i looked in the bios settings nothing for any of the drives when connected ? any ideas guys !! would be very grateful

****** !! :4-dontkno

 

[Daifne]

Do you have the link to the one you bought on eBay? I have received bad adapters when I was going cheap.

Also, does this one include a separate power cord for it? If this is a desktop drive, you absolutely need to power it with the included power brick. You can sometimes get away with not using it on a laptop drive, if you are using a powered USB port.

 

[spunk.funk]

a ide drive does show up in device manager

In the Device Manager, is there a device with a yellow mark or under USB is there an Unknown Device? If so, right click and Uninstall it. Pull the USB cable from the computer end. Make sure you have the adapter plugged in correctly. Usually the USB cable part of the adapter points away from the Power plug of the drive. For a 3.5" drive, you need to use the power adapter. 2.5" drives do not require this. If it is powered up and spinning (humming or vibration from drive) then plug in the USB cable to the Back USB port of the computer and not the front as they are weaker. A new Hardware Wizard should start. After it loads, go to Start/Run and type diskmgmt.msc and press enter. In the Disk Management do you see your external drive?

 

[gringo 8217]

hi
the link for the item as required ,H-UK-POWER-ADAPTER_W0QQitemZ190421557699QQcategoryZ74941QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp4012.m8QQ_trkparmsZalgo%3DMW%26its%3DC%26itu%3DUCC%26otn%3D15%26po%3DLCA%26ps%3
i have also carried your instructions the desktop did accept the hardware but yet again i can not find it in my computer and it is present in device manager !! i have tried the sata cables to but that show nothing anywhere not even in dvice manager ? or doesnt seem to be powering up either they have previously worked on my other machines , i have used the relivante power cables etc all but to avail !! seems to be haunting me this one guys !!

 

[gringo 8217]

USB 2.0 TO SATA IDE CABLE FOR HDD WITH UK POWER ADAPTER on eBay (end time 17-Apr-11 07:55:33 BST)
sorry correct link !!

 

[Daifne]

The seller has good ratings, so even if it is a bad cable, he should help. I don't think it's bad though with what you have posted since.

What was this drive doing that you needed to pull it and try to get the data?

 

[spunk.funk]

go to Start/Run and type diskmgmt.msc and press enter. In the Disk Management do you see your external drive?

have you tried this yet? Your hard drive may be showing up here but be listed as Unallocated Space, which would mean the file system is broken and if there was data on it, it would be lost now. If this is a brand new drive, then it needs to be initialized, partitioned and formatted.

 

[Daifne]

Actually, it's not necessarily lost, but it would take a paid program to recover the data. The free ones aren't up to this.

 

[gringo 8217]

i have installed mini tool partion wizard and the drive does come up on this, well the ide one does and says it is damaged , is this the reason why it won"t show on my computer ? or why it won"t run but still powers to it ? also this does not explain the reason the sata facility won"t work or does not seem to power up , i have checked the the hard drive is getting power with the aid of a multi meter and is getting the required voltage on the correct pins ? but just not seems to even be seen when i re start the computer after uninstalling it etc and with a new hardware install etc ? bye the way thanks for the time !!!

 

[Daifne]

If it's reporting that the drive is damaged, then it usually won't show.

I would suggest booting with a Ubuntu Live CD Download | Ubuntu and try to recover the data from there. I have found that Ubuntu (or any Linux version) can sometimes see drives that Windows can't. I would plug the drive in first to make this easier. When Ubuntu asks, tell it to run directly from the CD rather than installing it. Installing will wipe out your current Windows install.

 

[dhanushkapg]

According to u have Desktop IDE Drive? Hope i am correct,. Then U should need to power externally . Are u done that? if HDD is powered when after touch the disk u should feel rotating it.
If it happen then issue seems to cable.connect cable to back USB , if still not working inform to seller

 

[gringo 8217]

thanks for all your help !! im going to try the ubunta method , will post my findings ! yet again thanks !

 

[Daifne]

Great. Just be sure that you select the run from cd option rather than the Install option when you boot from the Ubuntu disk. Don't want to overwrite your data.

 

[spunk.funk]

You may want to try your HDD on another adapter, be sure your using the Power Adapter as well. If the adapter is bad, Windows may report the drive as damaged.

 

[gringo 8217]

thanks for that didnt take thet into account !! appreciate all the comments going to have a good luck at it today keep ya posted ?