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Hi, I was given a hard drive from a dead pc and asked to retrieve some data. The HD is a Maxtor 200GB PATA133 Model: 6B200P0. I'm attempting to hang it off another pc to access the files. But when I plug in the power to the HD and push the power button on the pc I get nothing. I've also tried on 2 other pc's with the same results. This is a first! Any suggestions?
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Posted 07 April 2011 - 09:01 AM
Are you using the same cable, from the original computer, to retrieve the data? Try a new cable, just to be sure. Make sure the contacts are clean and nothing is bridging them, as well.
It's not impossible that the HDD is the cause, especially if it is the limiting factor in this situation. While I haven't seen that exact problem, I've seen situations where a short inside the motherboard on an IDE port was causing the HDD to not turn on -- when it was moved to another port on the same board, it spun up no problem ... despite having worked on the shorted port for years until that happened.
So yes, it does seem very possible that the HDD is the problem given that the computer won't power on at all with it plugged in -- but will work without it plugged in.
It's not impossible that the HDD is the cause, especially if it is the limiting factor in this situation. While I haven't seen that exact problem, I've seen situations where a short inside the motherboard on an IDE port was causing the HDD to not turn on -- when it was moved to another port on the same board, it spun up no problem ... despite having worked on the shorted port for years until that happened.
So yes, it does seem very possible that the HDD is the problem given that the computer won't power on at all with it plugged in -- but will work without it plugged in.
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