Solve : How to retrieve info from Hard Disk??

1.	Solve : How to retrieve info from Hard Disk??
Answer» I had an old computer, and the power supply FAILED. Since then, the computer has been picked for parts. I have no intention of fixing it, or spending any money on it. Is there a way to get the information off of the hard disk without putting it into the unit? (like a wiring harness, or an adaptor, etc - to mate one brand to another) I've seen hard drives externally connected for data retrieval in the past, but I KNOW NOTHING about this sort of thing. Thank you.The easiest way to do this is to hook it up to a working system as a slave drive... There are jumper settings on all HDD's so just look at the drive and set the jumpers in the correct setting. It should be set as slave and occupy the middle connecter on IDE 1 patio Quote The easiest way to do this is to hook it up to a working system as a slave drive... There are jumper settings on all HDD's so just look at the drive and set the jumpers in the correct setting. It should be set as slave and occupy the middle connecter on IDE 1 patio I have a RAID controller. Is this a problem? Thank you. Quote The easiest way to do this is to hook it up to a working system as a slave drive... There are jumper settings on all HDD's so just look at the drive and set the jumpers in the correct setting. It should be set as slave and occupy the middle connecter on IDE 1 patio I have a RAID controller. Is this a problem? Thank you.It most likely is an IDE drive. You have to plug it into an IDE controller. Having a SATA RAID does not PRECLUDE getting the info off.My hard drives are all on a RAID controller. (there's no question about this, as I configured them myself) The drive in question is an IDE, for sure. Is this a problem?If it is the only IDE hard drive, you may have to set it to master, but I would try slave first.If this HDD was part of that RAID setup GOOD luck...you could still try the methods suggested but i suspect that data is gone...No, it was NOT part of the RAID setup. My question only pertains to getting data off of the HD from a machine using a RAID configuration. (from an IDE drive)Why muddy the water's ? ? Do it on another machine, burn the data to CD and use the CD to copy the data into your RAID array.

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I had an old computer, and the power supply FAILED. Since then, the computer has been picked for parts. I have no intention of fixing it, or spending any money on it.

Is there a way to get the information off of the hard disk without putting it into the unit? (like a wiring harness, or an adaptor, etc - to mate one brand to another)

I've seen hard drives externally connected for data retrieval in the past, but I KNOW NOTHING about this sort of thing.

Thank you.The easiest way to do this is to hook it up to a working system as a slave drive...
There are jumper settings on all HDD's so just look at the drive and set the jumpers in the correct setting.
It should be set as slave and occupy the middle connecter on IDE 1

patio Quote

The easiest way to do this is to hook it up to a working system as a slave drive...
There are jumper settings on all HDD's so just look at the drive and set the jumpers in the correct setting.
It should be set as slave and occupy the middle connecter on IDE 1

patio

I have a RAID controller. Is this a problem?

Thank you. Quote

The easiest way to do this is to hook it up to a working system as a slave drive...
There are jumper settings on all HDD's so just look at the drive and set the jumpers in the correct setting.
It should be set as slave and occupy the middle connecter on IDE 1

patio

I have a RAID controller. Is this a problem?

Thank you.It most likely is an IDE drive. You have to plug it into an IDE controller. Having a SATA RAID does not PRECLUDE getting the info off.My hard drives are all on a RAID controller. (there's no question about this, as I configured them myself) The drive in question is an IDE, for sure.

Is this a problem?If it is the only IDE hard drive, you may have to set it to master, but I would try slave first.If this HDD was part of that RAID setup GOOD luck...you could still try the methods suggested but i suspect that data is gone...No, it was NOT part of the RAID setup.

My question only pertains to getting data off of the HD from a machine using a RAID configuration. (from an IDE drive)Why muddy the water's ? ? Do it on another machine, burn the data to CD and use the CD to copy the data into your RAID array.

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