I have an old HDD I want to transfer data from to my new HDD for my friend; both are SATA drives. It clicks a little when turned on so I'm not sure if it's dead yet. What I tried to do so far is unplug my new HDD and install the old one into it's spot( I don't believe I have any SATA connectors) and boot Linux Mint from a USB, it had a lot of problems trying to mount the drive, then when it booted to desktop I could not find the drive.
1. Is it completely dead?
2. If I did have SATA connectors could I plug in the old HDD while my computer is on and booted up kind of like a external HDD so I could pull the data off?
What is the easiest way to do this?
Edit: I think I might have some SATA connectors I could take from another computer if that would help.
1. Is it completely dead?
2. If I did have SATA connectors could I plug in the old HDD while my computer is on and booted up kind of like a external HDD so I could pull the data off?
What is the easiest way to do this?
Edit: I think I might have some SATA connectors I could take from another computer if that would help.