Help with reading an external Hard Disk Drive

Money_Saver

Hi

2 problems:

Problem 1:

I am having problems with an old xp machine. I need to view the data on the HDD which I have taken out of the machine. It's an 3.5" IDE 80GB HDD. I am not sure what unit will read this via a USB cable. Any body who could point me in the right direction? The machine reading this HDD will be running windows 7.

2nd Problem: The machine the above HDD was removed from running XP wont fire up. No power at all. Replaced the power lead with the Monitor which I know works, but nothing...New Power Supply Unit maybe?

Thanks for your help.

Figment

1. Any USB Caddy for 3.5" IDE Drives will suit

2. Could be power supply. Could be motherboard. Could just be the power switch.

MoneySavingUser

either a caddy as mentioned above or something like: http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/4-/27612285/Logilink-USB-2-0-IDE-And-SATA-Cable/Product.html?_%24ja=tsid:11518|cat:27612285|prd:27612285

Figment

MoneySavingUser wrote: »

either a caddy as mentioned above or something like: http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/4-/27612285/Logilink-USB-2-0-IDE-And-SATA-Cable/Product.html?_%24ja=tsid:11518|cat:27612285|prd:27612285

I thought about suggesting a multi-adapter, but using them can be a bit daunting for inexperienced users. They are also usually more expensive than a caddy (accepted they can be used with different types of drive)

Money_Saver

MoneySavingUser wrote: »

either a caddy as mentioned above or something like: http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/4-/27612285/Logilink-USB-2-0-IDE-And-SATA-Cable/Product.html?_%24ja=tsid:11518|cat:27612285|prd:27612285

Thanks but the link doesn't work...

Money_Saver

Figment wrote: »

1. Any USB Caddy for 3.5" IDE Drives will suit

2. Could be power supply. Could be motherboard. Could just be the power switch.

Will the caddy actually power the HDD as well ?

Thanks

TakeThis

This is what you need

Figment

Money_Saver wrote: »

Will the caddy actually power the HDD as well ?

Thanks

They have an external power supply that plugs into the caddy. Inside the caddy is a 40pin IDE cable and a 4 pole power cable.