My old 3.5 inch samsung CD103sI sata 2 hdd not showing up ?

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hello i was out of town for 15 days but when i returned powered on my gaming pc it boots fine but i cant find old hdd anywhere , i looked for it in the bios it sometimes visible and sometimes not but above all my OS cant detect that old hdd at all , so if my hdd is dead , can i reuse it via the sata 2 usb converter
my system specs are as follows _
1. i5 4590
2. Asus B85M gamer
3. 4+4 twinmos 1333 ddr3 ram
4. Sapphire R9 270 gpu
5. TT smart SE 530w psu