I'd try to connect it directly to a SATA slot on the motherboard of your PC and see what happens. Don't forget tp connect the power also!
Kees
Hello all, thanks for reading ![]()
I recently bought a USB to SATA adapter, and I am trying to access the data on a very old HDD.
When I plug the USB in, Windows beeps and installs driver software. There's a green checkmark, and I'm able to eject the USB to ATA bridge, and when I go to 'computer management' I can see the drive in both the 'device manager' and 'disk management' sections. In 'device manager' if I double click on the drive, the 'device properties' window opens and says 'this device is working properly'.
In the 'disk management' section it appears as "Disk 1", "Unknown", "Not Initialized", and "Unallocated". It also says 19.15GB. Now, the drive is actually 30GB (according to the sticker on the drive and 'device manager')... so.. I'm hoping that means I have 19.15GB of data to get at!
If I right-click on the block where it says '19.15GB Unallocated', I can access the properties and the help section, but 'new simple volume', 'new spanned/striped etc.' are grayed out.
If I right-click on the block where it says 'Disk 1' etc., I can access properties, help, 'offline' and 'initialize disk'. When I click on either 'offline' or 'initialize disk', I receive an error message that reads: "The request could not be performed because of an I/O device error".
That's about all I got. Thank you very much for your help! ![]()

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