Yes you need power to the external hard drive whether ide or sata possibly depending on your hard drives power supply
12V+5V AC sata Adapter Power Supply HDD HARD DISK DRIVE
hope it helps
SOURCE: HDD not recognised
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SOURCE: Computer doesn't recognize my external HD
Test the HD on a different computer, if you get same problem, then the
disk can be faulty. Backup your data ASAP, then replace either exernal
hard disk enclosure, or the hard disk drive, depending on what is
faulty.
If you get no problem on other computers, then the
system is causing the problem. In that case try doing a system restore
to a recent date before the problem started. If that does not work,
then you will have to reinstall the system.
SOURCE: hi, my external hard drive recently cannot be
Hi there
I dont know if this will work for you but looking on the web I came accross someone who had a similar problem they fixed it as follows.
They installed Tweak UI and then
She was able to get the drive recognized using "Tweak UI", clicking on My Computer, Drives,and check marking Drive F. It did the trick.
Hope this helps software link for you
http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/tweakui
SOURCE: Hitachi 250GB external hard drive on Mac OSX problem
try to format it in other way like ntfs or fat32....
SOURCE: I am replacing a
You would need to use a "usb" to hard drive cable. It looks like this: http://gizmodo.com/168149/brando-sataeide-to-usb-20-cable
Then, it is simply a matter of "cloning." The other alternative is to find a pc repair shop with a hard drive duplicator. It will copy much faster.
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if the drive has a power input plug and is not a designated external usb drive
you will need a power to the drive
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