OK, I purchased this cable to CONNECT a hard drive from another computer to my computer so I could get the INFORMATION off of it. 

My computer never registered anything showing that any HARDWARE had been added.  Tried restarting did not work. 

Well the a/c power supply for the cable burnt out WITHIN 20 minutes, so now I've hooked the hard drive to the original computer (for the power source) and then hooked the IDE/USB cable to the hard drive and to my current computer.  But still my comp doesn't show a new drive installed. 

I really need this information, so what should I do?  How can I get my current computer to recognize the drive that is installed.If the adapter burnt out, it might have damaged the cable as well.

Have you tried just putting the hard drive into the other computer like a regular drive?

You could ALSO try an external box as well.I tried to connect it into this computer.  I put it as a slave drive, then connected it to the power source,  but when I turned the computer back on, it wouldn't boot up at all. 

Do I need to change some setting on the harddrive in my computer so that when I hook up the old drive it will boot up??? Quote from: sackett22 on June 15, 2009, 10:13:18 PM

I tried to connect it into this computer.  I put it as a slave drive, then connected it to the power source,  but when I turned the computer back on, it wouldn't boot up at all. 

Do I need to change some setting on the harddrive in my computer so that when I hook up the old drive it will boot up???