Hi guys
So I picked up one of these here:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812232002
(not the exact same one, but similar of ebay)
I have a 3.5" and a 2.5" IDE drives from a PC and a laptop I used ages ago and was wanting to retrieve my data.
The 3.5" IDE worked perfectly.
However, when I plugged in the 2.5" IDE into the adaptor, I can hear the drive flickering and making sounds, but absolutely nothing registers on the computer.
The drive is maybe 10 years old, but it wasn't damaged when I took it out of the laptop.
I'm thinking, even if the drive went bad through all those years, wouldn't my computer at least show a USB device has been inserted and then say something about how the drive isn't accessible?
I've tried differing USB ports to no avail. Each time I hook it in, I hear the drive purr and I really want to access all my data from a decade ago!!
Any thoughts and or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
So I picked up one of these here:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812232002
(not the exact same one, but similar of ebay)
I have a 3.5" and a 2.5" IDE drives from a PC and a laptop I used ages ago and was wanting to retrieve my data.
The 3.5" IDE worked perfectly.
However, when I plugged in the 2.5" IDE into the adaptor, I can hear the drive flickering and making sounds, but absolutely nothing registers on the computer.
The drive is maybe 10 years old, but it wasn't damaged when I took it out of the laptop.
I'm thinking, even if the drive went bad through all those years, wouldn't my computer at least show a USB device has been inserted and then say something about how the drive isn't accessible?
I've tried differing USB ports to no avail. Each time I hook it in, I hear the drive purr and I really want to access all my data from a decade ago!!
Any thoughts and or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.