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notasandwich

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I have had multiple issues with an old 80GB Western Digital IDE drive that has continuously stopped being detected by my computers motherboard. Whether it is because the drive is failing or because the connection (its is an IDE drive but since I do not have any IDE connections on my motherboard I am using a IDE to SATA adapter) is screwy, I don't know.

Point being that I am going to stop using it altogether but need to find some way of recovering the existing data on the drive. Is their some way for me to recover my data without having to plug the drive into another computer and then potentially needing to reformat it?
 
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There could be Write Delay Failures. Its like in the old days where you had to Safely Remove a USB Drive. If you just yank it out all your data you just added on there is gone and since it seems since that its losing the connection all the time could cause this.

There are a lot of IDE to USB Adapters out there. Most of them are 40/44 pin and SATA connections on it. As for ones that connect internal I'm not sure. Not that i have seen. You should get an adapter that is IDE only and then run the USB out though one of the Back Expations Lots and then to a USB on the back of the PC? I've used these a LOT and i have a few different brands of the Combo and i have one that is just IDE only. What i use to do is i had a IDE Hot Swap Caddy and...
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plugging it into a PC with an existing OS and an open IDE port will not require you to format it.

I have use IDE to SATA adapters without issue in the past. Maybe invest in a IDE to USB adapter? they can be pretty cheap like 10-15 bucks on newegg
 
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Are their any IDE to USB adapters that can be plugged in internally? I was thinking of getting one of external use as it would be a handy tool Also is their some why of find out why I keep losing connection to this particular drive? A few hours after I made this thread I plugged the HD that was giving me issues back in and it started to be detected again.
 
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There could be Write Delay Failures. Its like in the old days where you had to Safely Remove a USB Drive. If you just yank it out all your data you just added on there is gone and since it seems since that its losing the connection all the time could cause this.

There are a lot of IDE to USB Adapters out there. Most of them are 40/44 pin and SATA connections on it. As for ones that connect internal I'm not sure. Not that i have seen. You should get an adapter that is IDE only and then run the USB out though one of the Back Expations Lots and then to a USB on the back of the PC? I've used these a LOT and i have a few different brands of the Combo and i have one that is just IDE only. What i use to do is i had a IDE Hot Swap Caddy and since IDE is not Hot Swap i used my IDE to USB adapter. It was all inside but the cable ran out to the front of the case and to the front header. So what I'd so is unplug the USB, Swap the drives, and plug the USB back in. I never had any issues. I also never had any issues with a IDE to SATA adapter either which i also made hotswap (Made a turnable key to turn on and off the power to the Adapter. I could turn the power off, swap the drive, turn the power back on. This only worked because my SATA was also Hot Swapable.
 
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Two ways to go on:
1). Connect it to computer and check whether some hard drive data recovery software could help rescue everything important back:
freeware-fix.blogspot.com/2013/02/wd-hard-drive-recovery.html

2). Consult some data recovery experts or companies to see whether this drive and inner data is still recoverable. Most importantly, you should ask clearly how much this data recovery service will cost.
Note: Always make drive data backups regularly from now on.
 
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