getting an ide hard drive to work on windows 7

need some music and few other bits off my old ide hard drive.

ive got an ide to sata adapter but it doesnt seem to be picking the hard drive up. do i need to take out the jumpers on the slave setting completely or doesnt it matter that they are in

also noticed that it doesnt sound as if it is spinning on power up. it worked last week when i needed it for a file off, but dont seem be working now. whats the best way to get the things i need of it if it wont spin?

its not a usb adapter

its 1 of these

[ame=http://www.amazon.co.uk/Drive-SATA-Converter-Connect-Motherboard/dp/B002J8VLYU/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1257436501&sr=8-5]IDE Drive to SATA Converter: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics & Photo[/ame]

hmmm, not sure

i had it working in another comp last week at work with normal ide cable and power as needed something off it, then tried it again few days later when i realised i needed to get quite a bit of stuff off it and wouldnt show up on the work comp, and didnt sound like it was spinning at all

Twister said:

hmmm, not sure

i had it working in another comp last week at work with normal ide cable and power as needed something off it, then tried it again few days later when i realised i needed to get quite a bit of stuff off it and wouldnt show up on the work comp, and didnt sound like it was spinning at all

As Doc said, check all the cables.

right a quick update

borrowed my friends external case for a ide drive, plugged it in and its now spinning, but says it has 0 bytes and not 120gb and says i need to format it before i can use it

how can i do this if i need some stuff off it, are there any good disk scavenger programs that would enable me to retrieve stuff off the hard drive once ive formatted it, or is there a way around this issue so i can get the things i need?

any others ideas be great help cheers