Trying to recover data from Maxtor SATA Drive

[zen26807]

Hi

I have a Dell dimension with 250GB SATA drive that failed to boot up
into Windows. The machine still under warranty, Dell replaced hard
drive and have left the old one with me for a week to try and recover
the data.

The drive was still recognised in the BIOS and showed manufacturer name
and capacity.

I purchased a 3.5" HDD External case and it powered up OK. My laptop
is able to read this as a mass storage device, but I cannot see it in
My Computer?

I can see the USB drive in device manager.

Anyone any idea what I can do now?

Any help appreciated!

Cheers
LL

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I have a Dell dimension with 250GB SATA drive that failed to boot up
into Windows. The machine still under warranty, Dell replaced hard
drive and have left the old one with me for a week to try and
recover the data.

The drive was still recognised in the BIOS and showed manufacturer
name and capacity.

I purchased a 3.5" HDD External case and it powered up OK. My
laptop is able to read this as a mass storage device, but I cannot
see it in My Computer?

I can see the USB drive in device manager.

Anyone any idea what I can do now?

Any help appreciated!

It all depends on how things "failed".
Just because it is seen in the BIOS does not mean it can read data. That
just means the circuit board is okay.

What I would do is put it in my machine, boot up with an imaging utility
CD/diskette and image it to an external place (network drive, USB drive,
etc.) If you can do that and pull data off the image - fantastic.

Also - you never stated what happens if you leave the drive in the system
(not in the external case) and boot into the new Windows - does it see it in
Device Manager?