Is it possible that this is the wrong adapter for a desktop pc?
I just had a friend say I should be using this instead: https://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com...l+Hard+Drive+Cable+-+Hard+Drive+Adapter+Cable
How can I do a DYI data recovery?
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I just had a friend say I should be using this instead: https://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com...l+Hard+Drive+Cable+-+Hard+Drive+Adapter+Cable
You need to ensure that both the adapter and USB socket can supply the current demanded by the drive. However, the comments on Amazon seem to indicate there are compability problems with Samsung SSDs with the cheaper option. I don't see any mention of Seagate compatibility.
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I think it should be fine in terms of power. USB2 provides enough power to spin up and use a 1TB 2.5" drive (I've got such as unit), USB3.0 or later even more so I doubt it's an issue with power via the adapter.
Given the Dell rep said there was problem with power to the drive would further negate it being an issue with the SATA-USB adapter.
Does the size of the drive matter? My desktop drive is a 3.5", not 2.5"
Okay yes it would. The 3.5 inch drives usually require more power than a USB port can provide just not sure how much. I have the wall wart from a WD external 3.5" drive that died and will check the specs tomorrow.
Must have misread something early on cos I'd been thinking it was a solid state drive which are general 2.5".
You can't run a 3.5" harddrive off a USB connector only, you need extra power for that, usually a 3.5" enclosure or HDD dock has its own adapter.
As for a 3.5" SSD, the only one I ever read about was a OCZ Colossus which hasn't been available since 2013... expensive thing, 260 euro in those days.
So to be clear: what kind of drive are you talking about? SSD or HDD? brand? model? size? specs?
Also, if your computer is a desktop, open it up and plug it in as secundairy drive, much easier.
As for a 3.5" SSD, the only one I ever read about was a OCZ Colossus which hasn't been available since 2013... expensive thing, 260 euro in those days.
So to be clear: what kind of drive are you talking about? SSD or HDD? brand? model? size? specs?
Also, if your computer is a desktop, open it up and plug it in as secundairy drive, much easier.
Yeah, I wish I was insides-of-a-computer literate so you all weren’t speaking Ancient Chaldean to me.
It’s a hard drive. Out of a desktop tower. It’s 3.5”. Made by Seagate. Label says 10000GB. It is broken. That all Rebogenod know. You fix. Make us strong.
It’s a hard drive. Out of a desktop tower. It’s 3.5”. Made by Seagate. Label says 10000GB. It is broken. That all Rebogenod know. You fix. Make us strong.
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Looking at Amzon link from @Doom Shepherd it has a 12v input on side/end (depending on how you look). which would allow an AC adpater to be used to provide the power for 3.5" drive (probably one of those universal power adapters might do the trick).
I use a large docking adapter that accepts up to two 2.5" or 3.5" sata drives inserted vertically, and is powered using its own mains adapter and not via the usb, which is only used for data transfer.
I have to run errands after work, guess I’ll ask if Office Depot or Staples has anything like that. If not, it’s back to Amazon...
They list them on the staples.com website but I guess it comes down the what your store has in stock. This is the sort of things you're looking for.
https://www.staples.com/Aluratek-Hard-Drive-Docking-Enclosure-AHDDU200F/product_IM1TB6533
the one above is USB3 but there's one about $3 cheaper that's USB2.
Seems a tad expensive but it's a useful bit of kit to have around.
Unfortunately my car crash has put every other purchase/project on hold for the time being. More updates once I’ve made a down payment on a car.
I have... some access? I could open the drive, found my user folder, tried to open it... “you don’t have permission.” WTF it’s MY drive. So I tried sharing the folder with myself, and it seemed like it was working... until the progress bar stalled out near the end for the last 20 minutes.
Dammit all I want are Julie’s iTunes folder (that’s in her user folder which I also tried to share with me) and some pics I had saved to my pictures folder.
Dammit all I want are Julie’s iTunes folder (that’s in her user folder which I also tried to share with me) and some pics I had saved to my pictures folder.
So after a 45 minute wait with nothing happening I decided to quit the sharing process... and my screen went black and froze. So I’ve rebooted and I guess i’ll put this away for the night. Even in the future, nothing works.
EDIT: *SIGH*. Idiot me had to try one more time. Now the G drive shows up in Windows explorer... but now it’s the progress bar there that freezes millimeters from the end. Won’t even say “832 GB free” or whatever it was anymore. Just “Local Disk G:” that puts Windows Explorer into Not Responding mode if I click on it.
EDIT: *SIGH*. Idiot me had to try one more time. Now the G drive shows up in Windows explorer... but now it’s the progress bar there that freezes millimeters from the end. Won’t even say “832 GB free” or whatever it was anymore. Just “Local Disk G:” that puts Windows Explorer into Not Responding mode if I click on it.
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Even if you store stuff in the cloud, a service provider can decide it's uneconomic to continue - as with Amazon music storage subscription, which allows you to upload 250,000 tracks. I've uploaded 50,000 tracks to this service. Amazon says if you choose the appropriate option in settings, it'll preserve what you have uploaded when your subscription expires without the option to renew, but I don't trust Amazon to back up its cloud servers adequately. At least I have my local copies oand backups but shit happens and eventually I might have to attempt to re-rip my CDs and find that some of those have physically decayed too far. Entropy is a bitch.
Nah, Julie didn’t have the cloud. I do, but not her. All her files were just stored on the computer’s iTunes.
With a new Windows install all the user information such as uid have changed so attempting to access your old data gives the error you saw.
Normally it's then a mater of changing the folder permissions then you can copy and paste. Forget trying to share.
Only last trick you can try and I've had it work with a dying drive. Put the drive in the fridge for a few hours. The fire it up and start moving the data. You'll probably have to repeat the process a few times till either the data is moved or the drive is totally dead.
I doubt that works on an SSD, which I believe is the type of device from where the data is being recovered, as it doesn't have any moving parts.
Actually, if the problem is a dry joint or broken wire that is breaking a circuit, cooling will likely not help. Heating to within the upper tolerated opeating temperature limit might cause a broken circuit to heal temporarily by thermal expansion but I've never tried this so I can't recommend trying it.
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