[Sharmaine]

I dont know what happened to it but when i plug the usb nothing happens. I tried listening but i heard bothing. I think it stopped spinning. What can i do to get it spinning again? Could i open the drive and put it into my laptop? IS there a way I can recover the data myself?

[etaf]

depends on what type of external drive it is - 2.5 or 3.5
laptopp of desktop if you like
make and model of the unti may help
I suspect it should spin up as soon as the power is switched on to it...

[Rumpo-Stiltskin]

Certainly more information would be helpful......

Check it's power supply if it has one.

[Sharmaine]

I dont know if its a 2.5 or 3.5. The power is plugged in. Its external and the power light comes on when i plug it in. Here are the specs:

200.0 GB

Manufactured By
Magnetic Data Technologies
www.mdtglobal.com
Enhanced IDE Hard Drive

Drive Parameters: 7200RPM . ATA 100 . 2MB Buf .
5vcd 12vcd

S/N: MMAEH1979870
S/N: MMAEH1979870

MDL: MD02000-BABW
MD02000-BABW
DATE: 01 AUG 2005
DID: BB00DWA02000
BB00DWA02000

[JohnWill]

Well, it's clearly a 3.5" drive. If the drive does not spin up when the power is connected, it's a defect either in the external P/S, the enclosure, or the drive. Of course, something could be unplugged too...

[etaf]

as its 3.5 you could put into a desktop as a slave and read the data off - it the drive works OK
i think there maybe adapters you can put into a drivebay on a laptop and read drives - but not really done that before

[JohnWill]

Laptop 2.5" drives only use 5V, 3.5" drives require 12V, so I doubt an adapter to directly connect to a floppy is all that common.

[Rich-M]

Here is how to do a laptop drive:
http://www.shopblt.com/cgi-bin/shop/...ER_ID=!ORDERID!
or another approach:
http://sewelldirect.com/usbtoideadap...5converter.asp

[JohnWill]

That's for connecting a laptop drive to a desktop, however he has a 3.5" desktop drive.

[Rich-M]

Originally Posted by JohnWill

That's for connecting a laptop drive to a desktop, however he has a 3.5" desktop drive.

Glad you are so sure:
"I dont know if its a 2.5 or 3.5" doesn't sound ,like user knows....
Doesn't sound like you knew either:
"Laptop 2.5" drives only use 5V, 3.5" drives require 12V, so I doubt an adapter to directly connect to a floppy is all that common"
Glad you are now so positive...I wanted to cover all bases.

[Rumpo-Stiltskin]

I think he's extrapolating from the 200GB and 7200rpm that it's a 3.5"
It's a fairly safe assumption.


EDIT>

Here's the drive spec. and an expandable picture in the top-right corner:

http://www.amcom.com.sg/shop/catalog...e9d4e4f1eeff4f

[Rich-M]

Originally Posted by Rumpo-Stiltskin

I think he's extrapolating from the 200GB and 7200rpm that it's a 3.5"
It's a fairly safe assumption.


EDIT>

Here's the drive spec. and an expandable picture in the top-right corner:

http://www.amcom.com.sg/shop/catalog...e9d4e4f1eeff4f

I agree Rumpo, but I am not sure how many people realize how easy it is to read a laptop drive in a desltop, so I wanted to post that anyway.

[Rumpo-Stiltskin]

No harm done i'm sure.
The hardest part of any troubleshoot on this forum is trying to work out what people are talking about.
The answers are the easy bit.

[Sharmaine]

I dont know if you guys realize this but its not in my laptop. It an external. Its in a case. My laptops Hard drive is fine

[Rumpo-Stiltskin]

Yep.
We know.
Just trying to establish the type/size of drive in the enclosure.

Something like this that Rich posted:

http://sewelldirect.com/usbtoideadap...5converter.asp

would allow you to connect the bare drive (from inside the external case) to your laptop (without having to open the computer).
But it might be just as well to buy a replacement enclosure to replace the failed one.
Although we still haven't established that the drive itself actually works any more......

Do you not have a desktop system that you could connect it directly to?