My XP PC died. I bought a new Windows 7 PC and want to transfer my data from my old 500GB SATA drive (S: drive on my old PC - I used it for data only - not my boot drive).
I bought a USB converter, plugged the drive into a USB port. The drive is recognized, but my PC doesn't see any volumes or anything else. It says its working properly.
How can I get access to my files? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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The SATA Drive probably will require a power supply unless its a laptop SATA drive. You may be able to use the power supply from a desktop.
Can you post a screen shot of Disk management with the old Hd pluged in to USB port?
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Here's a screen shot ofhe Device Manager screens:
I do have power on the drive.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Can you post a screen shot of Disk management with the old Hd pluged in to USB port?
Could be a permissions issue. Try taking ownership of the entire drive.
Take Ownership Shortcut
I tried owning the drive. The drive doesn't show up as a mapped drive, so I couldn't right click on it to get the "ownership" option.
Any other ideas? Thanks for the help.
Since it is a SATA drive connect it straight to the avail SATA port and check it what is the make of the casing?
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