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Old hard drive problems

Dec 16, 2012 8:35AM PST

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.
Dec 16, 2012 8:42AM PST
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hard drive
Dec 16, 2012 9:46AM PST

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

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additionally..
Dec 16, 2012 9:49AM PST

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.
Dec 16, 2012 12:18PM PST

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.
Bob