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May 11, 2009 at 01:02 AM
david1233

How to get SATA laptop to recognize IDE drive via USB

by david1233 . Updated 17 years, 1 month ago

I have a recent gateway laptop running vista – I am trying to view the contents of IDE desktop hard drives (2 of them) using a USB > SATA/IDE cable. The computer does not seem to recognize either of them. I see a new USB device under Hard drives in Device manager, but nothing in my computer or disk management. I am not certain of the condition of the drives, but I know they have information on them. This cable has worked with a SATA laptop drive connected externally.

Any Suggestions?

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