Solved need help with data transfer via SATA to USB

[Amaterasu]

i'm going abroad for a while with my laptop. i can't take my desktop pc, but i can take the hard drive which has 1.5 TB of data on it. my laptop top hard drive is only 750GB big so i bought a USB 3.0 to SATA cable so that i can you my hard drive when i'm away i plug my hard drive into my laptop it is on and you can hear it and in the bottom corner on my laptop screen it said installed new drive software but my hard drive is not show up on my laptop i have taken some picture as you can see below so how do i get it to show up on my laptop please help me i have 1 month untill i leave thanks jake

 

[TVeblen]

With the drive connected, if you go to Disk Management, does it show up there?
Start > type: "Computer Management" in the search box > Disk Management

Does this drive contain an operating system?

BTW: where did you get that hard drive case? That's great! I want one.

 

[Amaterasu]

With the drive connected, if you go to Disk Management, does it show up there?
Start > type: "Computer Management" in the search box > Disk Management

Does this drive contain an operating system?

BTW: where did you get that hard drive case? That's great! I want one.

hi there sorry for the late reply

yes it does should up there

yes my laptop and the hard drive have windows 7 ultimate

got the case off ebay 5 colours to choose from it think it was like £2 i had a look in my ebay history to see if i could find it but i couldn't find it sorry

 

[whs]

From my experience it is not a good idea to open a system drive from another PC. All kinds of things can happen with the permissions. You also take a great risk transporting this drive. One knock on it and you get a headcrash and you lose your system.

I would recommend to buy another drive just for the data and copy that on the original system where the drive belongs. If it is not too much data you may even get away with a big USB stick. Last 32GB stick I bought was $22.

They also sold refurbished 60GB SSDs for $39. Those risk nothing during transport. Maybe there are similar options in the UK.

 

[Amaterasu]

From my experience it is not a good idea to open a system drive from another PC. All kinds of things can happen with the permissions. You also take a great risk transporting this drive. One knock on it and you get a headcrash and you lose your system.

I would recommend to buy another drive just for the data and copy that on the original system where the drive belongs. If it is not too much data you may even get away with a big USB stick. Last 32GB stick I bought was $22.

They also sold refurbished 60GB SSDs for $39. Those risk nothing during transport. Maybe there are similar options in the UK.

i have 1.5 TB of data i don't think it will fit on a memory stick and i have a 32 GB memory stick

 

[whs]

And I guess you have to carry 1.5TB of data around.

 

[TVeblen]

First, your drive is connected and recognized by Windows. That is good.

Check in Disk Management to see that the drive has a drive letter. If it does not, try and give it one.

If that drive just has one big partition (C) and that partition contains an operating system then it is probably flagged ACTIVE at the hardware level.
Window will sometimes ignore partitions that are marked ACTIVE while running another operating system.

If you post a screenshot of your Disk Management window with that drive connected - expanded so we can read everything - we may be able to see what is going on in an instant.

 

[Amaterasu]

First, your drive is connected and recognized by Windows. That is good.

Check in Disk Management to see that the drive has a drive letter. If it does not, try and give it one.

If that drive just has one big partition (C) and that partition contains an operating system then it is probably flagged ACTIVE at the hardware level.
Window will sometimes ignore partitions that are marked ACTIVE while running another operating system.

If you post a screenshot of your Disk Management window with that drive connected - expanded so we can read everything - we may be able to see what is going on in an instant.

hi there i think i was looking in the wrong place this is the first time i have tried to do this so i'm a beginner at this stuff here are the picture you asked for

 

[whs]

Just for your information - this is only a 750GB disk and the amount of data (without the OS) on it is appr. 390GB (in decimal).

 

[Amaterasu]

that was my laptop not my desktop hard drive

 

[TVeblen]

That is very odd. Disk Management recognizes a removable drive E:, but does not detect any media.
This makes me think there may be an issue with the SATA to USB connector. It is showing power but not data (a guess).

Can you test that drive and that connector on another computer? Have you tested that drive in a desktop (recently) to see if you can read data?

 

[essenbe]

Normally a USB port wil not put out enough power to run a 3.5" hard drive. Device manager may be recognizing the data cable but not the drive. Disk management does not recognize it at all that I can tell. You usually have to have an external power source for a 3.5" drive. Not so with a 2.5" drive though.

@TV. http://www.amazon.com/EZOWare-3-5-i...434&sr=1-48&keywords=hard+drive+carrying+case

 

[Kenna]

Have you considered starting up your laptop, then plugging in your hard drive. It should activate a virtual drive (letter) for it. You should be able to then open it and see what data you need. What I get is you are trying to copy data to you laptop? You are running close on time correct? Windows has a great program that will copy data quickly with a few commands. The program is called 'Robocopy'. You run it from a Command Window. To get the syntax to run it, type: >robocopy /help. It will list all of the commands you need to copy your data quickly and completely.

 

[Amaterasu]

first off thanks for everyone help so what i read is that it doesn't have enough power from a usb 3.0 to power a 3.5 inch drive so i think i have 2 options it looks like the cable has a port on the back of it to stick in another power source into it or buy a hard drive caddy like THIS am i right?

 

[Kenna]

Yes, I am surprised it did not come with it. There is not enough power from USB 3.0 to run a hard drive at what 7k rpm?

 

[TVeblen]

The RPM has nothing to do with it. 2.5" HDDs are designed to run on 5v, 3.5" HDD's are designed to run on 12v. USB ports only put out 5v.
But you are right - that adapter should have come with a 12v power supply. Maybe it was an option?

OP: the hard drive caddy should work if it is designed for 3.5" HDDs.

 

[Amaterasu]

ok will get a power cable for it thanks again

 

[Kenna]

yes technically you are correct.