I have a 160 Gb Deskstar (PATA – I think EIDE) out of an eMachines T6212. My brother had the misfortune of having his CPU cooling tower mount break while transporting it to me so I could move his software & data into a new (2 him) PC I refurbished for him. I have tried installing the drive as a slave in the new machine but it didn’t have a PATA controler so I tried installing it in one of mine. It will install & spin up but I can’t access anything on the drive. Says it’s a healthy active FAT32 partition but will not let me assign a drive letter nor see data. I plugged it into a IDE/USB cable set & get the same basic response. Computer Management sees it but I can’t DO anything with it. Any Ideas ???
I just need to copy the data I have a new SATA drive for it. ….. Thanks
