So this Toshiba HDD I have has recently stopped working upon plugging into my computer in which it use to work, it only renders the regular windows 8.1 plug n' play sound, the HDD presents a blue light and then begins flashing and eventually stops, the platters inside continue to spin but I cannot open the HDD on my computer, I have tried it on multiple computers. I have a bunch of important files on this HDD and have not found how to pull them off, I took the HDD out of the Toshiba case for trouble shooting but have found that it appears to be a USB to SATA adapter in which there is no plain SATA connector I could just use to pull my data off. Upon examining the pins inside of the USB connector, the smaller chip in the right socket is missing a piece of plastic, as if it's been chipped, it appears as if all the gold connector pins are fine. I am lost at this point on how to save my data, any help would be much obliged.

Model: MQ01UBD100

Here are the images for troubleshooting assistance.

I would imagine the drive has media issues (bad sectors) that the USB only interface is struggling to cope with.

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Hmm, that is a valid response, would you personally recommend any trouble shooting tips to at least get it to read?

The damaged pin is pin #10. That's a USB 3.0 pin. Have you tried a USB 2.0 cable?

http://pinoutsguide.com/PortableDevices ... nout.shtml

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Basic rule is that you need to convert this drive to SATA and then use software tools (since you don't own hardware tools, I presume) that know how to work around bad sectors (like GNU ddrescue).

To convert to SATA, you need a compatible board and then solder the adaptives chip onto it.

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This is a good idea, but if the problem consists of bad blocks, then the USB interface will find it hard to tackle them.

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Looks to me like the pin itself is OK, and it's just the plastic insert that's damaged.

But, as you say, worth a shot with a USB 2.0 cable.

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You guys are the best!! The USB 2.0 indeed actually worked, I learned something new today! Also when trying this on my 8.1 it did not register but I tried it on my other laptop running Linux it worked perfectly, again guys, I thank you very much. Now I can salvage my data and have fun with the hard drive

Great!!

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I was mainly going by the OP's quote of " it appears as if all the gold connector pins are fine" and what I could see in the photo on my iPad.

Well done spildit, you're the big hero!!

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Well they are intact but the Plastic is missing some, I guess it's bent a little and isn't making full contact. Oh well, it will all be bent after I'm done moving my files lmao.

Was my post invisible???

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Peace.

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