I had a 7+ year old computer die on me a few weeks ago. Fortunately, I moved all my data I needed to a new internal 3.5" 4 TB WD hard drive. I recall when I setup the HD That I could only use 1.8 GB (or something similar) of the space since my BIOS was old. I could have updated the BIOS but given how old the computer was, I just kept it as is.
Fast forward and I believe my HD with windows on it dies. No big deal as I now use a new laptop. I buy a Sabrent USB 3.0 TO SATA/IDE off of Amazon, plug it in and was hoping everything would just work! Unfortunately, it doesn't appear to be that easy.
When I open up Disk Management, I can see the disk. But when I try to initialize it, I get this error. This HD isn't very old and wasn't the reason my old computer stopped working. It should work fine. I did some research and it seems however it was partitioned doesn't work with new systems? Someone suggested TestDisk to me, but when I run that, I can't even see the drive in there. Is there anyway I can view what's on the HD without buying a 7 year old computer?
Fast forward and I believe my HD with windows on it dies. No big deal as I now use a new laptop. I buy a Sabrent USB 3.0 TO SATA/IDE off of Amazon, plug it in and was hoping everything would just work! Unfortunately, it doesn't appear to be that easy.
When I open up Disk Management, I can see the disk. But when I try to initialize it, I get this error. This HD isn't very old and wasn't the reason my old computer stopped working. It should work fine. I did some research and it seems however it was partitioned doesn't work with new systems? Someone suggested TestDisk to me, but when I run that, I can't even see the drive in there. Is there anyway I can view what's on the HD without buying a 7 year old computer?