USB cable for internal hard drive?

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danepak

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#2749909 26-Jul-2021 13:25

Oblivian: Exactly.

The drive you have on usb. Is likely not being detected at bios level there. But an internal seagate is

Can't rely on it.

https://www.hdsentinel.com/storageinfo_details.php?lang=en&model=SEAGATE%20ST9500420AS

Thanks.
Will the cable above work without additional power supply?

danepak

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#2749910 26-Jul-2021 13:26

MaxineN: Are you able to disconnect the drive and try booting from USB? Got a feeling that it’s getting stuck because it’s hanging on trying to spin up and recognize the HDD. Also have a feeling that the HDD is cooked.

Thanks, will try later.
But I’ve gone into setup and asked for boot sequence to start from USB first.
Will the HDD still cause an issue then?

fe31nz

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#2750008 26-Jul-2021 15:59

danepak:
Thanks, will try later.
But I’ve gone into setup and asked for boot sequence to start from USB first.
Will the HDD still cause an issue then?

That depends on the BIOS - it may still want to wait for hard drives to spin up to see if they have boot partitions on them. There can be very long timeouts when a drive is not working properly. You can just try going away and leaving it for 20 minutes or so to see if anything happens. If that does not work, then the faulty drive will need to be disconnected when you boot from USB. Once the USB boot succeeds, you can plug the drive back in again and see if you can then see it. Windows does support plugging in drives after it has booted - the support for disconnecting them while Windows is running is very problematic, except for USB devices.

Oblivian

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#2750029 26-Jul-2021 17:05

You should also be aware if you have that exact adaptor it is USB 3 which has a higher power output. 1A
A 10 year-old device is likely to only have usb2 (not Blue) and will need 2x usb2/500mA to power a 750mA drive

If the drive you have in question was out of that laptop in the picture it obviously has two drives if the one in your hand is 650 gig and it's still showing a Seagate 500

You should be taking the suspect drive and plugging it into a external PC that does have USB 3 power. A blue socket to be sure

danepak

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#2750135 26-Jul-2021 19:28

MaxineN: Are you able to disconnect the drive and try booting from USB? Got a feeling that it’s getting stuck because it’s hanging on trying to spin up and recognize the HDD. Also have a feeling that the HDD is cooked.

OK, I managed to disconnect the HDD and boot up from Windows.
When it asked where I wanted to install Windows, there were obviously no drives visible.
I then reconnected the HDD. No success. It doesn’t show up, but is trying to read. Says the same strange sound as in my YouTube clip.
So drive is buggered I guess?

danepak

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#2750205 26-Jul-2021 22:27

If I don’t manage to save the HDD, could I install a solid state drive?
I’m no expert, so just wondering if the processor etc would do a good job in 2021, although it’s over 10 years old?
Had a look for a solid state drive and they’re well under $100.

fe31nz

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#2750283 26-Jul-2021 23:24

danepak: If I don’t manage to save the HDD, could I install a solid state drive?
I’m no expert, so just wondering if the processor etc would do a good job in 2021, although it’s over 10 years old?
Had a look for a solid state drive and they’re well under $100.

Yes, a 3.5" SATA SSD will replace a laptop hard drive and will boost performance quite a bit. I did that with my 8 year old laptop and was pleased with the result. But it was a fairly top end gaming laptop when I bought it, and had always been held back by the slow speed of laptop hard disks. Make sure you buy one that is designed for a laptop - some need a spacer/adapter to fit and can be sold with or without that.

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1101

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#2750688 27-Jul-2021 14:01

danepak:
I’m no expert, so just wondering if the processor etc would do a good job in 2021, although it’s over 10 years old?
.

What processor exactly. On what OS, with how much RAM ?
A rubbish CPU from 10 years ago is is stall a rubbish CPU . :-)
Unless its a i3 or i5 CPU , I wouldnt even bother. Unless you just want to play around with it .
working used i3/i5 laptops are dirt cheap .

If the data on the old drive is important, take it to a data recovery specialist , as that drive is obviously faulty .
If the data is important , stop fiddling with it (you could be making it unrecoverable)

danepak

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#2750713 27-Jul-2021 15:03

1101:
danepak:
I’m no expert, so just wondering if the processor etc would do a good job in 2021, although it’s over 10 years old?
.

What processor exactly. On what OS, with how much RAM ?
A rubbish CPU from 10 years ago is is stall a rubbish CPU . :-)
Unless its a i3 or i5 CPU , I wouldnt even bother. Unless you just want to play around with it .
working used i3/i5 laptops are dirt cheap .

If the data on the old drive is important, take it to a data recovery specialist , as that drive is obviously faulty .
If the data is important , stop fiddling with it (you could be making it unrecoverable)

It’s an i5 processor (I’ve inserted a screenshot in an earlier post in this thread).
I was thinking of trying Linux on the device, if I manage to get it up and running.

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