Recent content by Jimmy1981

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    Laptop Hard Drive Not Recognized Externally by PC using "SATA to USB" Adaptor.

    OK so after about 25 minutes the Disk Mgt. loaded! Hope this is a good sign.. I can see the PC's 3 main Drives again in Disk Mgt. (The PC's drives are all under "Disk 0") and now the Laptops Hard Drive ( I: ) is showing up to, along with another 5 drives that don't have letters assigned to...
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    Laptop Hard Drive Not Recognized Externally by PC using "SATA to USB" Adaptor.

    lol it sure is. Have a good night.
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    Laptop Hard Drive Not Recognized Externally by PC using "SATA to USB" Adaptor.

    OK so I accessed "Disk Mgt." before plugging the Drive back in and was able to see my PC's "C" and "D" drives along with a "Reserved" drive. I closed "Disk Mgt." and plugged the hard drive in and now when I try accessing "Disk Mgt." it stays stuck on "Loading disk configuration information" and...
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    Laptop Hard Drive Not Recognized Externally by PC using "SATA to USB" Adaptor.

    Thanks for your reply LudazTV, and to answer your question yes I did try it on a different computer but it's not being detected there either. I will look into the Recuva option and update the thread with the results once I do. In the meantime any other suggestions, information and/or DIY...
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    Laptop Hard Drive Not Recognized Externally by PC using "SATA to USB" Adaptor.

    This all started when my wife’s laptop (Sony Vaio T Series Notebook) started showing an error (Blue screen) upon startup which said: "Your PC needs to be repaired" "A required device isn't connected or can't be accessed" "Error code 0xc0000185" "You'll need to use the recovery tools on your...