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hitman098
 Post subject: Harddrive spinning but computer is unable to recognize
PostPosted: December 27th, 2010, 19:43 
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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.
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harddrivespecialist
 Post subject: Re: Harddrive spinning but computer is unable to recognize
PostPosted: December 27th, 2010, 22:17 
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You have to connect your drive directly to your computer in order to see if it recognizable by computer and then go from there.

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hitman098
 Post subject: Re: Harddrive spinning but computer is unable to recognize
PostPosted: December 27th, 2010, 23:34 
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harddrivespecialist wrote:
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
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harddrivespecialist
 Post subject: Re: Harddrive spinning but computer is unable to recognize
PostPosted: December 28th, 2010, 0:15 
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Find a desktop somewhere...

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hitman098
 Post subject: Re: Harddrive spinning but computer is unable to recognize
PostPosted: January 3rd, 2011, 20:51 
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I tried booting in my friends desktop, harddrive is still not being recognized.
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hitman098
 Post subject: Re: Harddrive spinning but computer is unable to recognize
PostPosted: January 4th, 2011, 13:21 
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If I replace my circuit board on my hdd do you think that it can solve the problem?
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N.C.
 Post subject: Re: Harddrive spinning but computer is unable to recognize
PostPosted: January 4th, 2011, 14:10 
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hitman098 wrote:
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
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