I have a dell dimension e520. Recently the hdd wouldn't boot and the screen would read Drive 0 not found: Seriel ATA, SATA 0. I checked all the bios settings and all was ok. I ran the dell hdd diagnostics and all was fine. I then ran the windows vista diagnostics and it found that the hdd was corrupted. I took the hdd out to try and recover the data externally. I powered the hdd with a SATA to USB lead and found that it started smoking so I quickly disconnected it. I am wondering if this was due to the rating of the cable being incorrect? Do I need a specific rating SATA and power cable? Also if my dell won't read the hdd how can it be read from another PC?
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That is a 3.5inch drive, you can't just connect them to USB as they draw a lot more power than USB provides. An external dock is what you would want to use, like THIS.
Boot your computer from your Vista installer or repair disk to determine if you can do a startup repair or otherwise fix the OS. If you can open an elevated command prompt with the Vista disk run a sfc /scannow and chkdsk.
Boot your computer from your Vista installer or repair disk to determine if you can do a startup repair or otherwise fix the OS. If you can open an elevated command prompt with the Vista disk run a sfc /scannow and chkdsk.
@toots83, you mention a "SATA to USB lead" and a "power cable". Do you have one of those universal devices that comes with its own power supply? If so, then I suspect that your drive may have been overvolted.
See http://www.users.on.net/~fzabkar/HDD/TVS_diode_FAQ.html
See http://www.users.on.net/~fzabkar/HDD/TVS_diode_FAQ.html
Thanks for your detailed reply. Yes I borrowed a SATA to USB device from a friend. If the original PC could not read the drive for whatever reason ( I am suspecting because it was corrupted) how will My laptop be able to read it? Also how can I be sure to use the correct power supply so this won't happen again?
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