How to Recover Data from an Old 3.5" Desktop Hard Drive

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Do you have a 3.5" desktop hard drive that you need to access? You need a simple, inexpensive SATA to USB cable. Just make sure it has a separate power supply!
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@Rensylol 3 ай бұрын

Life Saver! I had an NVME SSD and a 3.5" HDD set-up in my old PC build and I transferred all my files from the NVME SSD to an external HDD. I was shook when I saw there was no Music and Photos etc. browsing on the external HDD when I completed my new PC build. My old PC was completely dissembled. There was zero chance to verify if I had incorrectly transferred or potentialy had too high administative settings that I thought the files were hidden or encrypted. I was silly enough (or organised) that I mapped all my Music and Photos to the 3.5" HDD to reduce the extra storage on the NVME SSD 🤦‍♂. Now it's time to get the adaptor to retrieve those files, thanks for the informative video!

@bobdaz12 2 ай бұрын

People have raised families during this video!

@bmoraga01 8 ай бұрын

Gizmo Joe, I've changed your handle to LIFESAVER Joe. Thanks for posting. You explained the procedure beautifully.

@GizmoJoeReviewsTech 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! I'm glad I could help!

@vibemunster 9 ай бұрын

Love it, I have 4 hard drives in front of me from dead computers two are the same plug as yours, two are even older with four pin power supply and I guess 36 pin connectors , are the similar units to connect these?

@hectorrivera4347 3 ай бұрын

My PC not booting I believe this is the way to transfer files . Thank you this help a lot

@SwissMarkus 7 ай бұрын

Thank you for your encouragement 🙂

@JohnKeys1000 2 ай бұрын

Hi, Thanks for this informative video. My situation is that after seeing four of my laptops fail over the years I have purchased a Macbook. Will your system work in transferring files created on a windows PC to a Mac?

@Mistresgurl 3 ай бұрын

Very informative thanks for the video was very helpful!

@mrpickle23 4 ай бұрын

for some reason when I plug in my old external drive to a new computer it comes up on my computer as a D: and E: drive and then when I click on either one - the new computer folder manager crashes and says "not responding" and I can't do anything until I shut off the old external drive.

@COH2000 15 күн бұрын

I have a 2007 3.5 SATA Drive (hard drive from an 2007 HP PC) Will the old HD heat up and need some sort of cooling? My 'E' drive is already assigned to the DVD drive. Is that a problem? Do you have 110 or 220 electrical outlets? Mine are 110.

@thepianist7379 2 ай бұрын

My Windows 11 laptop detected the driver as D:, but it asks for format the disk, which defeats the purpose. I tried to connect to a Windows Vista, still the same result. Any suggests, Joe? Thanks a bunch

@mickeynewsome5412 Ай бұрын

How do you get to the drive? Do you have to take the computer apart? I have a bunch that I need to get the pics off of.

@creolelady182 Ай бұрын

Thank you- you have answered my question

@trippy_b 5 ай бұрын

what is that cable called?

@pixelygon2122 Жыл бұрын

Hello. Please help. Im trying to recover and transfer data from an old sata 3.5 hdd that came from a pc that ran windows xp. I got the Fideco sata 2.5/3.5 to usb adapter. It works with an old 2.5 sata drive but it wont recognize the 3.5. Transfering data to a my current pc that runs windows 10. Please reply. Thank you.

@svetclan 7 ай бұрын

I also experience same problem with win10 and an old hdd from my winxp pc... While one drive worked fine (only after applying read/write rights for all data), the second drive shows 0gb capacity and requires format . Both still work fine in the old pc. And I don't wanna loose my data!!

@an.ko.2396 7 ай бұрын

love the community troy and abed mug

@THELASTWORKINGTOILETOFINDIA Жыл бұрын

Hi there, could you help me with these 2 questions? Question 1: I have an old 3.5 HDD from a desktop and 2.5 HDD from a laptop and I want to recover files from this HDDs. Is this the only way to recover files by using the "SATA to USB cable" connected to a PC/Laptop? Question 2: Can I connect these HDDs to a desktop PC internally inside the motherboard's sata port/power cable and access the files from the PC?

@GizmoJoeReviewsTech 8 ай бұрын

1. Provided that both the 2.5 and 3.5 inch are SATA HDDs, you can use a SATA to USB cable like the one in the video to recover the data - just be aware that the 3.5" HDD needs to be powered. 2. You can open up a desktop PC and plug a hard drive into a free SATA connector on the MOBO. That said, if the HDD is in a format that is incompatible with the desktop PCs OS, you may not be able to access the data on the drive. Thanks for watching. i hope this helps.

@THELASTWORKINGTOILETOFINDIA 8 ай бұрын

@@GizmoJoeReviewsTech thank you

@XWolf0f0dinX 4 ай бұрын

You can't directly pull the data from the HDD. You need a software interface to access the files. If it's directly put to the MOBO, you'd definitely need the old drivers which were written for old school Windows. You could probably emulate or create a VM to try and mimic the OS and drivers that came out with this particular hardware.

@LeahyPhoto Ай бұрын

12V x 1.5 A = 18 Watt. Visualise the A upside down and slide it against the V to get VA=W

@davidbliss5220 25 күн бұрын

Troy and Abed in the Morrrrrning!

@harshchavan8123 Жыл бұрын

Sir I want my data from my 3.5 " sata hdd. My hdd is more than 10 years olde. Will it work? Will the Hdd get enough power to run to show on laptop?

@GizmoJoeReviewsTech Жыл бұрын

You'll need to get a device similar to the one I use in this video. But yes, you should be able to connect your old HDD to your laptop and retrieve the files. Thanks for watching!

@wisdomwisdom817 4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much brother 🙏

@GizmoJoeReviewsTech 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@martinkamau3435 Ай бұрын

Great help 🙏🏿

@kenziedavis8101 5 ай бұрын

What if you can clearly tell there’s no spinning? Is it broken and the data just gone?

@GizmoJoeReviewsTech 4 ай бұрын

If it doesn't spin there's a good chance the drive is dead. The only way to recover the data on it would be to bring it to a data recovery service, however they can be expensive. Thanks for watching.

@greybeard5774 4 ай бұрын

That's a good how to .. thanks!! 👍✌

@GizmoJoeReviewsTech 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@MarceloMetayer Жыл бұрын

You talk about 2007 tech as if It was from Jurassic Age....

@GizmoJoeReviewsTech Жыл бұрын

Hi Marcelo, haha yes I know. But to be fair, 3.5 inch HDD are definitely being phased out. I hate to see e-waste, so I figured I'd publish a video letting people know that the old drives they have lying around don't have to be destined for the rubbish bin. Thanks for watching!

@johnrackham8429 Жыл бұрын

Well when you compare the perfomance of an HDD to an SSD, it is kind of ancient haha..

@brentseely1156 3 ай бұрын

would this work for retroarch on a xbox series s on dev mode"? thinking of buying one, because i have files that need recovering, afterwards i would use the hard drive for roms on the xbox....

@haroonaagha1785 Ай бұрын

i have followed all steps.. now the partition ia not opening.. it is saying plz format to use this .. kindly guide how can i use it without losing my important data..

@pguerrero329 Жыл бұрын

What if your old pc had a password on it? Can you still retrieve the files?

@coffeepot3123 Жыл бұрын

I've recovered pictures/video files of old family laptop drives. Never encountered a password barrier. Then again i'm not that tech savvy.

@coffeepot3123 Жыл бұрын

To be clear i salvaged the drives and hooked them up to my main rig*

@pguerrero329 Жыл бұрын

@Coffee Pot was there anything you did with the jumpers? Like does it have to be in slave? I'm not sure what those settings do.

@coffeepot3123 Жыл бұрын

@@pguerrero329 I have no idea what slave mean but i'll pretend to know.. Yeah no i don't personally use slave myself i just manually connected the laptop hard drives to the cables in my tower pc. Don't think i did them all at the same time, might've done one and one harddrive at a time to "keep track" i think. No software blockage or anything in my case at least.

@pguerrero329 Жыл бұрын

@Coffee Pot ok thank you for the info. I appreciate it!

@RanNero 4 ай бұрын

How to "TRANSFER" Data from an Old 3.5" Desktop Hard Drive...... not recover.

@johnnywood8082 2 ай бұрын

Man shut up

@guuffa 2 ай бұрын

You can just copy and paste?? Not that hard

@TheWeirdSide1 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for showing the hard drive is recognized. So many other videos show nothing useful beyond revealing that such adapters exist. That said, 'data recovery' carries the same meaning as 'sickness recovery'. Was your hard drive sick, as in corrupted? Your title is misleading, in other words. Most people are looking for solution to data recovery and will be frustrated by this rather than find it useful. The small thumbs up count confirms this. You would be better off changing title to "how to View data from hard drive using usb adapter" or similar. Then people looking for that would actually find your video instead of the alternative. ...your channel though obviously.