2 Maxtor 20GB Hard Drives - Same Model - One with IDE Connection - One No connection I recognize

[phaze3131]

Hey guys whats up, I have 2 Maxtor hard drives that seem very similar but one has an apparent IDE connection which is great but the second one doesn't have any connection that I can recognize.

I'm wondering how I can connect this second hard drive.

thank you so much for helping me

 

[Lutfij]

If you didn't catch onto the issue yet, both drives are the same, only that one of them is missing the PCB for the drive, which also has the holster for the 4 pin power input and the IDE connector.

 

[KahouAoki]

The entire controller board of the other drive has been removed.
Without it, the drive is completely useless.

 

[Lutfij]

^ It's not ripped, off, a replacement can be found off Ebay and reattached with the appropriate screws.

 

[das_stig]

20GB Maxtor death drives, you using them to hold doors open, they sucked when new !

Even Mrs May Brexit plan has a higher life epxectancy that these pieces of junk !

 

[Solandri]

^ It's not ripped, off, a replacement can be found off Ebay and reattached with the appropriate screws.

20 GB hard drives. The only reason I can think of to get the drive working is to retrieve the data off of it. In which case, why not just use the PCB from the other drive to get the PCB-less drive working long enough to get your data off of it.

32 GB microSD cards and USB flash drives which are faster than these drives cost $5. There's no point throwing more money at tech that's this obsolete.

 

[Phillip Corcoran]

20 GB HDD? LOL - my smallest capacity pen drive is larger than that! Pointless using them unless you only want to rescue data from them.

 

[phaze3131]

Thank you so much guys for the help I feel so stupid for not taking the time to realize that