I have a latop that needs to be sent in for service. I purchased a LAPTOP to IDE Adapter cable to get some data off of the hard drive before I SEND it off to be repaired (since they may reformat my drive).

I inadvertently set my jumpers incorrectly, and according to the Hitachi documentation for my drive, I have grounded PIN C which makes the drive not spin on POR.

The drive is a Hitachi 80GN 40GB drive.

ANYONE out there know if this is a 'fixable' issue, or am I dead?

Thanks much!
You can just move the jumper to where it should be and it'll be OK.


I tried that, but i still get no spin on the drive. Could I have somehow shorted the power supply? The whole cable adapter kit CAME with a power supply/connector along with the IDE cables.


Where did you put the jumper?

I initially put the jumper on CD, but then changed it to AB. The instructions for the IDE adapter say to set the drive as a slave.did it have power while the jumper was on CD?

That's setting (5) - the one that says "never attach a jumper here"?


Yes, it did have power briefly while on CD. Unfortunately, I mis-read the picture on the hard drive itself as to where to place the jumper. I saw the picture you provided on the hitachi web site after the fact. Just my luck!
Power briefly is sometimes all it takes...That bit that says, "When Pin C is grounded..." clearly you must be able to do that without harming the drive... how is that done?