W2K does not recognized SATA HDD via USB.

[tbtcust]

Hi all,

I have a SATA drive with a XP image. I need to retrieve data files from this drive. The XP file windows\system32\config\system is corrupted.

I have a laptop with a W2K Pro image that I want to use to access the SATA drive. I have a USB SATA/IDE converter to accomplish this.

When I attach the SATA drive to the W2K box via the USB converter, the drive does not show up in Windows Explorer, My Computer, or Disk Management.

When I look at Disk drives under Computer Management, I see the SATA's manufactures name and under Universal Serial Bus Controllers I see the drive as USB Mass Storage.

When I double click on the unplug or eject hardware icon the drive is there with no drive letter attached.

How can I get W2K to recognize this drive via the USB in Windows Explorer, My Computer, or Disk Management?

Thanks in advance for any help.

 

[GrimR]

You need to load the SATA drivers in order to see it. This is W2K before SATA was around. Usually the drive will come with a disk.

 

[tbtcust]

Thanks for repying GrimR. I don't think that it'd the driver. I used IDE drive and have the same issue. What are your thoughts?

 

[tbtcust]

Oh, also the adapter documentation and verdor website claim that this is plug and play.

 

[wolluf]

I have a USB SATA/IDE converter to accomplish this

Can you describe exactly what you're doing - I thought those were to connect drives internally to a PC - how are you using it with a laptop? (has your laptop an external SATA connector?) In your situation I'd either find a PC with SATA connectors to do the recovery or buy a SATA external drive enclosure so you can connect via usb to anything.

 

[tbtcust]

Thanks for your input wolluf.

I have a SATA drive with a XP image. I need to retrieve data files from this drive. The XP file windows\system32\config\system is corrupted.

I have a laptop with a W2K Pro image that I want to use to access the SATA drive. I have a USB SATA/IDE converter/connector to accomplish this.

When I attach the SATA drive to the W2K box via the USB converter, the drive does not show up in Windows Explorer, My Computer, or Disk Management.

When I look at Disk drives under Computer Management, I see the SATA's manufactures name and under Universal Serial Bus Controllers I see the drive as USB Mass Storage.

When I double click on the unplug or eject hardware icon the drive is there with no drive letter attached.

How can I get W2K to recognize this drive via the USB in Windows Explorer, My Computer, or Disk Management?

 

[tbtcust]

Sorry about the last post

"I have a USB SATA/IDE converter/connector to accomplish this." This is an SATA external drive enclosure and I'm connecting via usb.

 

[wolluf]

Other usb devices (particularly say a USB memory stick) work ok?

Have you access to another machine to see if its the enclosure/hard drive or your machine that's the problem?

Ideally access to a machine with sata connectors so you could connect directly (and possibly run drive manufacturer's diagnostic) would be useful.

Possible causes as I see it:-

Your machine has a problem with USB storage devices
Your enclosure is defective
The hard drive is dying/dead - so all you're seeing is the enclosure, there's nothing active inside - or effectively so inside an enclosure (another known good drive in the enclosure would confirm/eliminate this).

 

[tbtcust]

I have found the problem. The HDD I want to access has a password on it. I took the password off and am able to get my data and a drive letter is assigned.

Thank you all