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by: crowbar_2010 December 16, 2012 4:35 PM PST

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Old hard drive problems

by crowbar_2010 - 12/16/12 4:35 PM

So I pulled the hard drive out of my Dell Studio 15 laptop, which is a Seagate Momentus 7200 320Gb hard drive. The only problem is that the startup files are corrupted and I don't need the Dell any longer. Now, I have an HP Pavilion g7 laptop, and I purchased an Apricorn brand "SATA Wire 3.0". Upon plugging the hard drive in to my USB port, Windows automatically installed the driver for it. I have checked, and this is the newest driver. I know the old drive is operational, because i can hear it gently humming. Now here's where the problem arises: I can't see the drive in My Computer. I have lots of files that I would like to bring over to my new laptop. I also have tried the Control Panel approach through the Disk Manager or whatever it's called, and it says that it is unable to initialize the hard drive. I have looked over countless forums and help pages and have yet to find anything of use. Please Help! Thank you. -Crow


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Did you check the Lost And Found post in CNET Storage.

by R. Proffitt Moderator - 12/16/12 4:42 PM

In Reply to: Old hard drive problems by crowbar_2010

We have a collection of free, free to try and more at the next link.

-> http://forums.cnet.com/7723-7588_102-354911/lost-and-found-or-the-storage-forum-sticky/?tag=contentBody;threadListing

The drive MUST SHOW UP on device manager for us to expect any help on any forum to work. It's a good thing you didn't initialize that drive or I'd summarily point you to drivesavers.com
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hard drive

by crowbar_2010 - 12/16/12 5:46 PM

In Reply to: Did you check the Lost And Found post in CNET Storage. by R. Proffitt Moderator

It shows up in the device manager, as a USB mass storage device, but i cannot access it.


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additionally..

by crowbar_2010 - 12/16/12 5:49 PM

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Specifically, it shows up under Disk drives as Apricorn USB device.


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The Apricom USB device is the adapter, not the drive.

by R. Proffitt Moderator - 12/16/12 8:18 PM

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So this means we can't see the drive yet.

This model can have "Secure Self-Encrypting Drive options." so let's see if you remember that or can supply the exact model so I can check to see if this has any jumper options.

Who's putting the thumbs down here? We are working on this and this is all free.
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