How To Connect Laptop Hard Drive to PC for Diagnostics

[yezidi11]

or you can use a SATA host-adapter :)

[AussiesRus1]

i dont have any of them adaptors all i want to do is connect my sata laptop hdd to my desktop and go into it and retrieve some files can i just plug the hd into my mother board with a sata lead and sata power lead? ive tried this but its not showing does anyone know why? plz help

[FreeCompConsultant]

@AussiesRus1 If it's not showing in Windows, does it show in the BIOS, or when the machine is booting (you may have to press a key for display of full info, depending on brand).

Look in device manager in Windows, the drive may just not have a drive letter assigned.

[180sk8180]

i have the vantech adapter everything set but it doesnt show up in seagate

[FreeCompConsultant]

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[180sk8180]

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[aerotampa]

2 laptop drives, 1 SATA and 1 IDE when hooked up with adapter are easily detected on my Win 7 latop as "E" drive...the 2 desktop IDE 3.5" drives, don't show up at all, not detected in either device manager or disk management and I tried set as slave and cable select...defective adapter?

[FreeCompConsultant]

@aerotampa did you try as master?

[reptilefan9000]

your my hero!!! THANK YOU!!!! I BEEN TRYING TO DO FOR FOREVER!!!

[undertake782]

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[Sposchy]

Why are you using some USB thing? Wouldn't it be easier to plug it in directly to the SATA port?

[FreeCompConsultant]

@Sposchy It's universal and simple. Every PC will have a USB Port, even a laptop or netbook; few will have an external SATA port.

This does not require the cover to come of the PC and it works with IDE, 2.5 or 3.5", and SATA.

This is just too easy this way!

[Sposchy]

@FreeCompConsultant

True, but it's not hard at all to use the internal port, and you don't have to spend money on the card or wait for it to arrive.

[FreeCompConsultant]

@Sposchy Not hard for me or you, but for most people, this is the ticket. Again, what are you gonna do if it's a laptop, though?

[Sposchy]

@FreeCompConsultant

I honestly don't think it'd be too hard with a YouTube video walking you through. No harder than removing a HDD from a laptop, anyway.

But if it's another laptop, I suppose you do need the USB SATA port.

[yobeat09]

where can i get one of those usb adapters? a bestbuy or radioshack?

[FreeCompConsultant]

Click the link in the description to the video.

[hugh19882]

@yobeat09 on ebay for about $6

[bacsey2o9]

if my latop have no power is it die

[ducksoup2007]

so can i use this to change the hard drie format from linux format to NTFS

[VB2008Tobykaani]

@ducksoup2007 LOL I HAVE EXACT SAME PROBLEM BUT MY OLD TYPE WAS MAC

[ducksoup2007]

@VB2008Tobykaani thank you i now have a ssd 256 gig haed drive how do i perfrom matenace like defraging erro cheaks ect as i keep hearing that you need to use driver to do this however all i got was the ssd hard drive

[mrg00ddude]

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