Old HDD file recovery

[Poink25]

I have a Maxtor DiamondMax 9 120GB old IDE Hard drive and I wish to recover files from it. I am using a Ugreen USB 3.0 to IDE adapter. The drive shows up in the device manager but not in disk management. When I try to access it from the BIOS, it freezes until I unplug the HDD. Please help!

 

[John7128]

There is 2 ways to solve your case, not easy to diagnose remotely.

- First, it would be wise to plug your drive in Mac or Linux and see what happens...that might just work and you could get your data out.
- Second, it seems like an electronical/electrical issue on the PCB..I am thinking TVS chips, common old issue...I have written a comprehensive tutorial on this on this page http://www.deadhardrive-data-recovery.com/hard-disk-repair/, go to the PCB Failure part....check those 2 little chips, see if they are warm when your drive is plugged in. If so, you can remove them....

Let us know how this goes