Harddrive spinning but computer is unable to recognize

[hitman098]

I use to use seagate 7200.9 500gb with usb to sata adopter. I have used this drive for backup and it has always been used as a usb drive.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/1833 ( THis is probably my hdd)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6812226001 ( This is my usb to sata adopter)

My computer as suddenly stopped recognizingly this hdd. Please help me to recover this hdd.

[harddrivespecialist]

You have to connect your drive directly to your computer in order to see if it recognizable by computer and then go from there.

[hitman098]

You have to connect your drive directly to your computer in order to see if it recognizable by computer and then go from there.

Howdo I do that? I only have a laptop

[harddrivespecialist]

Find a desktop somewhere...

[hitman098]

I tried booting in my friends desktop, harddrive is still not being recognized.

[hitman098]

If I replace my circuit board on my hdd do you think that it can solve the problem?

[N.C.]

If I replace my circuit board on my hdd do you think that it can solve the problem?

you can only replace the usb/sata adapter, the PCB board of the HDD have adaptive data wich should be transfered before replace.

Janos