How to recovery Data and Pictures from crashed computer hard drive using a USB - Sata / IDE adaptor

[@rohitvyas818]

You've done a big hardwork in making this video. The hardwork will forever pay off. Thanks a lot for this video. Pain, hardwork, and suffering all leads to success some day ! Thanks again.

[@jaynesnetwork]

Thanks so much... Yes, But there are still so many other videos to make!!!

[@Reubes86]

I don't care what anybody says you did an excellent job first video that popped up in exactly what I need

[@jaynesnetwork]

Thanks, I'm glad you like it.. I have 243 other videos presently on KZbin and many more on the way..

[@unk1537]

Not sure what's wrong with those 741 ppl who gave a thumbs down; let me guess, they all wanted a QUICK MICROWAVE FIX, without ANY substance to what they were trying to accomplish...just the how, not the why beyond the end-goal. Worked well, I OVER/INNERSTAND A LOT MORE bc of this man. Thank you Dr J.

[@jaynesnetwork]

Thank you!! I am so glad that you like my videos!! Thank you so much!!

[@JoseMartinez-xd1bi]

Honestly I came to see how to get it done and you've answered my questions! nicely Done!

[@jaynesnetwork]

Great, I'm glad it helped! Thanks!!

[@TheExStig]

A quick diversion by the camera at 12:49 where a message appears on the screen "Your PC is at Risk". Subtle.

[@HouseCallAutoRepair]

That's McAfee's nag.

[@Krafty]

I can see the hard drive in device manager but I’m not sure where else to go to access the files? It doesn’t show up in my computer 👀

[@jaynesnetwork]

When you click on the hard drive.. are there any folders in it?? Are you using a windows system to recover the files? It could be that windows does not think your user name has assess to the files on the hard disc?? Maybe the files are hidden?? I usually use Linux... Linux does not respect windows security procedures.. and busts right though them!

[@Krafty]

@@jaynesnetwork when I click on it in device manager, it doesn’t open but I can right click and it’ll bring up the properties, disable and uninstall. It’s a Windows PC and I’ve got it plugged in directly through SATA rather than USB. I’ll have to try the Linux thing! I may know someone who might let me borrow their Linux for that 🤔 So are you saying that I should be able to open the hard drive whilst in Device Manager? Thank you for replying 🙏

[@mechathanos5444]

Thanks. I'm going to try this... I have a laptop that just stop working. It won't even power on.

[@jaynesnetwork]

If it won't power on, then the first thing to check is the power supply.. If you have a volt meter, you can check to see if the power supply is putting out any voltage at all..

[@samihart27]

While watching, I was praying for someone to hold the camera for you while you made this video!!! LOL

[@huyhuynhgia6309]

Tysm, it actually worked! Keep the good content up!

[@LOUGAone]

Hello,I'm in the same situation, what is the type of cable you used to do it? Is it " sata/ide-usb " ?

[@jmaldy67]

Thank you for putting this video together it helped me out a lot.

[@ScottILee]

LoL..I remember when my hard disk got stuck and data recovery services company wanting $150. But someone suggest me online available stellar data recovery utility. I recovered my data in just $49. Own my own.

[@jaynesnetwork]

Sounds good.. I love saving money!

[@subm]

Can't we just replace a hard drive from a crashed computer to a working one and use it? Will it even be detected by the computer?

[@jaynesnetwork]

Yes, That is what this video is showing how to do! kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpqqfZ19faeiidk

[@subm]

well..thanks a lot

[@senzanome8294]

Went to Walmart.com, ordered a kit for $14, connected my hard drive to my laptop and bingo, I was able to get all my files and photos transferred to my laptop. It really works. I have friends that want me to salvage files from their broken computers.

[@senzanome8294]

@@selflovesciencepodcast867 www.walmart.com/ip/SANOXY-SATA-PATA-IDE-Drive-to-USB-2-0-Adapter-Converter-Cable-Set/321378628. This is the adapter I purchased. Simple to connect, simple to use. I am now using the hard drive from my broken computer as a back-up drive until my new computer arrives. I hope this helps. I can not wait to try it on my other drives that I kept from previous dead computers.

[@IndianKat]

​@@senzanome8294was your hard drive partitioned? If yes, did all partitions show up on the new device you connected USB to?

[@senzanome8294]

@@IndianKat Yes, they did

[@pranavgoyal9862]

My windows is deleted. Shall I recover my photos by taking out the hard drive out?

[@jaynesnetwork]

Always should try to recover you data.. that is the most valuable part! best of luck!

[@angelaprestwood1351]

you can buy a sata connector that will connect to the usb on any laptop or computer that will also power the hard drive to get the information off the hard drive what you're showing is a lot more steps than you need just to recover everything from that hard drive my thought your making it look a lot harder than it actually is

[@jaynesnetwork]

It is not that difficult. I am just going through all the step.. Basically you plug the hard drive into a working computer.. then you copy the data from the old drive to your new computer.. You can do it without having to buy the special cable as well.. I have a video showing how to do that... kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpqqfZ19faeiidk

[@mechathanos5444]

Where can i buy that at

[@brentgambrell]

Good god. Your comment requires “a lot more steps” to understand.

[@BBJEANES]

Just for you Angela....... Full stops ..... It is 2 keys past the letter 'M'.

[@basilbrush2209]

Bless him. hes doing his best. Maybe his wife left and hes trying to help us guys. Hope not though

[@psychobillynumbnuts1]

Do you have to buy the data cable or is it in the computer?

[@psychobillynumbnuts1]

Same with the power adapter

[@jaynesnetwork]

There is a way to do this without buying the cables. I made a video showing how. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpqqfZ19faeiidk

[@IndianKat]

If I had my hard drive partitioned into 4. Would they all show up as 4 drives?

[@timdavis7661]

hi i have a quick query and would appreciate your guidance. i have a home computer running a sata hard drive. i have three old style pata hard drives which i want to recover some info from. i have ordered a sata pata adaptor so when i get it will i have to unplug my sata hard drive cables in my computer and connect them to the adapter then connect it to the old pata hard drive and if i do then should i set the jumper to master. or can i connect my old pata hard drive using the adapter into my computer without disconnecting my sata hard drive so in reality running two hard drives and if so what jumper setting should i set on my old pata hard drive. i hope you can follow this !!! many thanks

[@jaynesnetwork]

The cable I use in this video goes through USB, so you should not have to worry about jumpers.. or disconnecting the hard drive that runs the computer.. that could be a disaster.. I have a another video where I show how to disconnect an optical drive, and hook the second hard drive up that way.. I will post the link below: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpqqfZ19faeiidk

[@joachimnguma6812]

You have done a good job for real,,I would like to know if it is possible to use that USB in flat screen tv to listen music from the drive

[@rezvordwg]

This is a very old posting . I hope your still around . When you use one of these transfer kits for transferring data from a old hard drive , wins xp to win 10 , no one ever mentions if it was a virus that crashed the PC to begin with . And whether or not your going to transfer that virus to your other PC as your trying to recover a whole life of pictures . I can replace hard drives and do small things on our home PC's . But some things the grneral public does not know . Soooooo , is that what happens . I am running Norton 360 on my PC . I hope some one can help me out with my questions . Thanks everyone ..........

[@Hhfghcx]

My question is, if I’m able to recover data from the corrupted old internal hdd connected through the dock, and I transfer the data I want to keep to the new SSD, will I be risking corrupted my new SSD if I transfer the data that is corrupted from the old hard drive? Just want to be on the safe side.

[@boibotbot9030]

For reference my mother spilled water on my laptop and i was not notified until about a week ago because of finals, which i fear may have killed the hard drive altogether; I got to the last step at 12:25 but my hard drive keeps popping in and out of the computer (my laptop will detect for 5 seconds and then randomly say E:/ drive not found and I end up not being able to copy any of the files on Users. Additionally, when i try to access the files on the hard drive to check on Users, it says "you do not have permission to access these files ...", I'm not sure what to do at this point. I'm taking it to a repair shop to see if they can do something but I've had this hard drive/old laptop for 7 yrs and all of the files there are extremely significant. Any help if u can provide would be greatly appreciated.

[@jaynesnetwork]

If it is due to the water... I 'm not sure what to do about that?? I know loose bearing can cause an issues like this.. and if you put the drive in the freezer for a while.. that will shrink the bearings, and allow you to read for a little while... maybe a frost free freezer might suck the water out?? but water can cause whiskers to grow internally shoring out things?? it could be that the write head is going bad?? If this is the case.. the more you try to read, the worse things will get.. you should try to recover things as time efficient as possible.. if you are able to read.. and don't leave the hard drive hooked up when not actively trying to read.. this will cause it to wear out sooner.. if it is a head issue.. maybe you could try photorec, if nothing else is working?? Best of luck! kzbin.info/www/bejne/rH24oX2Fj9KFe9U

[@BMWood67]

Advice please: how do you open windows 7 files on a windows 10 laptop. Computer company dumped the data from my old computer onto my laptop and now I can’t open the files.

[@abraxlorini6119]

But what if the hard drive has mechanically failed, can this still work? Supposedly my MAC DESKTOP hard drive can't be accessed even by the computer tech, the motor starts then stops and supposedly can't be accessed. Thank you.

[@smithy752]

I have a HP laptop with a hard drive 1 (301) failure. I ignored it stupidly and now my laptop won’t boot up. Does this sound like the type of issue you’re referring to in this video that I may potentially be able to retrieve data? Through the little research I have done there aren’t many other sources suggesting this action so I’m skeptical to try it.

[@jaynesnetwork]

I guess this is something on the newer hard drives that is supposed to warn you as soon as the hard drive starts to fail, to give you time to recover your data. You should not try booting the system any more.. this may further damage the drive.. You either should remove it immediately and try to recover data ASAP, like I show in this video.. or if you don't feel comfortable doing that.. take it to a local professional that is capable of recovering your data.. Yes this process can retrieve you data, assuming the hard disc is functioning properly still. When the hard drive starts to fail.. the more you use it, the more it can degrade, so time on and running, is an issue.. basically you should retrieve your data ASAP with as little drive on-time as possible.. if it is not too late.. Best of luck..

[@steelwitness]

Do I have to make it a USB connection or can I just put the laptop ssd in my gaming pc and access it from there?

[@flaron352]

I bought a AGPtek adapter, expecting tomorrow. My desktop wont boot so pulled the HD and going to buy a Lenova chromebook to connect the HD to using the adapter. That should work, correct? I'll also connect external hd to laptop to transfer the one HD to the external. Thanks

[@jaynesnetwork]

It should work.. provided the hard drive is still operational.. Give it a shot!

[@ashishtyagi8200]

This video is so helpful!! It saved my data a couple of years ago and it helped me again today!

[@jaynesnetwork]

Glad it helped! Thank you so much!

[@jamescooper2746]

Will this work if the laptop has the blue screen of death? My photos would still be able to be retrieved by this method?

[@k.jsniper1872]

Holy man you are a life saver but how do i get that cable to transfer the files mine is kinda crashed and i just need a new hard disk clean the old hard disk and i need just the cable were do you get that

[@ldwithrow08]

I got a marvelously simple adapter for less than ten bucks on e-bay. It uses two USB ports for both power and data. The problem is that while the hard drive out of my totally crashed Toshiba laptop is still just fine and opens ok, Toshiba seems to have some kind of proprietary file system that buries the document and data libraries in some sort of program data files so I can't find them. I've tried to down load a couple of "free" data mining programs, but you still have to pay for a lot of the data after they find it for you. My question is this: In the past, working with desktops, I have just replaced the desktop hard drive with the one I want to recover data from. If the OS is intact the box just boots up on the new drive. However, I know that laptops often contain a lot pf proprietary programming. I have a HP laptop on order and I was wondering if it would hurt to just swap out the HP hard drive for the Toshiba without harming the HP?

[@jaynesnetwork]

I have transplanted hard drives to a different laptop computer before, when the computer itself had a hard ward failure... It will work if the computer is almost identical.. It seems that windows loads drivers for a specific laptop, and if those are not exactly the hardware of the new computer, those devices will not work right... also the way windows is, they don't give an install disc, and I'm not sure how to get the proprietary drivers.. but.. I did find a trick though... for instance I swapped the HD from a fail HP laptop, with an almost identical part number HP, and the wifi drivers were not right for the new machine... so I took the wifi out of the old computer and put it in the new one and then it work fine then.. best of luck with that project..

[@ldwithrow08]

Thanks. I was far too dilitory about backing up the old Toshiba and so will probably have to do a bit of work to get my documents and data back. Just have to keep at it. All I really worry about is damaging the new laptop. I just want it to come up enough to move my files to a thumb drive.

[@theebobbyrio1695]

i was originally asking cause i wanted to retrieve, my children picture, operating system idgaf, stil dont, but with adapter i was able to retrieve, al pictures i wanted from my kids, but Toshiba has al tools from laptop and were kind enough to show me after just send picture verifying i was owner 4 days everything backed back up all, is well. and sent me the usb flash with all operating systems to reinstall

[@barryalan4069]

did you ever fix it I have a Toshiba hard drive and a new Dell laptop. It seems you are saying it doesn't work.

[@aaroncoleman789]

thank you! I was going to pay $200 to transfer my files!

[@jaynesnetwork]

Your welcome, I'm glad it helped..

[@psychobillynumbnuts1]

Is that how much to recover old data? I think I'ma have to cuff up some money cuz I don't want to mess with my hard drive

[@elpesto1794]

Same! I refused and I was like “dude I’ll find a tutorial” 🤣

[@itskybox]

brother , can you please tell me , my pc crashed , and all my files lost , but i installed another windows on it , can i still recover my files ?? PLEASE ANYONE REPLY :(((

[@jaynesnetwork]

It is still a small possibility that you can recover files.. Installing another OS is really bad.. You probably overwrote much of your data when you did that.. continuing to run is OS is also bad.. the OS continues to write to the disc, overwriting more data.. There is a slim change you can recover some data, if you are serious about doing this... shut down the computer immediately! remove the hard drive.. and try to read it from another computer using a data recovery program like 'Photorec'. I have a tutorial on how to do this, if you are interested.. Tell me an I will find and post the link here... I will tell you that there is a chance you will recover something, but it will be a lot of work, an you will have to sort through lots and lots of junk that was deleted, and that you will have no use for.. (like temp files from internet browsers from every web page you ever visited).. Are you looking for photos and videos.. or exe files or text files or what kind of files?? It will help to know exactly what you hope to recover...

[@itskybox]

@@jaynesnetwork i don't think so :( i have installed many apps now , because i thought adding a single small file ruins the hole previous data , i was watching youtube like normally then my pc crashed with a loud noise and a completely filled screens with diffrent color lines (red , blue , all colors) then i restart my pc then i got that error when there is no boot media like (insert boot media ect...) is there any possiblities now ? i have installed windows 7 , and quit some data (32gb used) btw *i got a virus which i found a message telling me that all my data is encrypted and you need to pay to retrive them , but is it true ? the virus was cloud net , i think its because i got it when i hade no antiviruses and win 7 defender is weak ! please if you have social media , i really need you !!!! please create discord we can talk more *i need your discord* and thx for reply !

[@musicretro6481]

@@jaynesnetwork please share the link. I have a similar problem.

[@jaynesnetwork]

​@@musicretro6481 Here is my video using photorec to recover pictures and data. It is not pretty, but at this point, you need a 'Hail Mary', since there are not too many other options! Stop using the hard drive IMMEDIATLY! Remove it from the computer... and put in as a secondary hard drive in another computer.. the longer you run the drive as a bootable drive running an OS, the more data you are Overwriting.. Good luck, and I will try to answer any Questions you might have.. Thanks!.. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rH24oX2Fj9KFe9U

[@eggchin9721]

mine is saying "there are no partition on this disk to show" for IDE HD

[@cariza5]

my Sata to usb 2.0 Cable arrived today and I connected it to the old hard drive I took out of my broken laptop, I got all the Local Disk (C) files which contained pictures, videos and Documents etc but I can not find the main Pictures , Music and Videos which appears in This PC part of the computer.

[@jaynesnetwork]

Maybe try doing a search for ".jpg" or other possible extensions? This might be an easy way to find pictures..

[@jaynesnetwork]

Hi The cable that you need is USB on one end, i.e. plugs in to your USB port, and probably SATA on the other end. It is an adapter cable and is both, one to the other... It is also possible to recover files without the cables, if you have a working desk top computer. I also made a video of how to do that if you are interested. All new hard drives are SATA, really old ones are IDE... kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpqqfZ19faeiidk

[@nathanielockhuis2419]

can i recover photos from 5years back on a crashed hardrive my wedding photographer said she end it to someone but he did his est but can retrieve the pictures please help urgently

[@jaynesnetwork]

If the hard drive itself is still functional.. this method should work...

[@fourfacts1867]

Hey what if the string like thing that moves above the turning disc is broken 😅. Can I recover data from the turning disc. Plss reply

[@jaynesnetwork]

Your cable broke?? If so, you definitely need a new one!

[@fourfacts1867]

@@jaynesnetwork yes I thought of it

[@spiraling6980]

does it matter if the hard drive came from a PC using Windows 7 and the new PC you wish to transfer to has Windows 10?

[@nekofiredemon407]

When i plug in my sata hard drive it doesn't show up as a exernal USB devise ....and when i look for it in my device mánager and click properties its says location 0 .....and i cant acces it or the files ...what should i do

[@jaynesnetwork]

Is the hard drive questionable? If you have one that you know is good, I would test that with the cables to verify your cables are working properly, and that you are getting power to the hard drive and everything. If you verify that the connection is OK, then It is possible that the hard drive has a mechanical failure. There are many different ways the HD can mechanically fail, most can not be fixed. A common way is that the bearings are too loose now. if this happens to be the case, sometimes if you stick the HD in the freezer for a while, the coldness will shrink the bearings enough that they will work for a short period of time. before you try this, make sure you can connect with a known good hard drive with your external cables. It could could also be a software/driver issue with your computer? Although, I didn't have any issues with mine, BTW what OS are you running?

[@GMHG777]

Where can i best ( most easily and cheapest) find a power supply cord with the 4 input female Molex adapter on the end like you show ?? Have in internal HD from an old G4 tower whose motherboard crashed, that i desperately want to try and extract photos from and looks like I could easily do this if i can find that power supply cord by using the instructions in your video

[@jaynesnetwork]

I got this at Microcenter, but you can probably find it on line as well. There are many different type. Mine was able to connect to the older type hard drives as well as the sata. With what every you get, you will want to make sure the plugs are compatible with the hard drive you have before you buy it. Hopefully this helps a little..

[@GMHG777]

So is the Molex connecter just plugged into the power supply that you have plugged into 100 via a usb port or is that power cable all one piece that feeds the Molext 4 female connecter ? I have a Seagate Barracuda ATA IV 80 gig HD that the motherboard crashed on an older G$ tower I had. I need to power the HD and the plug/cable you show at 1:30 ish in your vid is what I am after. I know the Molex connecter appears to plug into a 110 power supply and so I need to find something like that but can't figure out what to call it to pull up options online, Is it simply called a 110 power supply cord ?? Kinda new to all this but there are a couple thousand pics on the HD of my kids i am desperate to retrieve if possible. Thanks for your hep thus far !!!

[@jaynesnetwork]

I believe the power cable is a separate cable that has a little power supply that plugs into the wall, and the other cable goes to USB on my computer. I know there was a little power switch somewhere on the cable to turn the power on, on mine, and it wasn't completely obvious at first. You definitely need power to the disc or it will not work. Yes you should definitely try to recover any data you can. I know that stuff is irreplaceable, and a lot of the 'big box' computer-help places just want to reformat, to get your computer working, of course that will loose all your data. When it is working, it should have some notification that says there is a new device connected I believe. Did you purchase a kit like what I was using? It is possible to plug it into the power supply of another computer as well. I would recommend shutting off the computer nicely before and after disconnecting if you try this. You don't want to do something to mess up more things. Try not to hot plug devices if you can help it. Hope this helps a little..

[@GMHG777]

I didnt purchase yet but I think this is what I need www.ebay.com/itm/External-MOLEX-Power-Supply-US-SELLER-12V-DC-4-Pin-Adapter-Cable-Cord-NEW/360170366699?_trksid=p2485497.m4902.l9144, or www.ebay.com/itm/FLYPOWER-SPP34-12-0-5-0-2000-SATA-IDE-MOLEX-Switching-Power-Supply-AC-Adapter/122422198815?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIM.MBE%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D41375%26meid%3D1399f8000fcd4bf38394c77f5df8a9a9%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D4%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D360170366699 Correct me if I am wrong here ?? All theother info is extremely useful and I will follow your lead on the video.

[@GMHG777]

Sorry for the long ebay links above

[@beckytorres2887]

My HP Pavilion 20 All-in-One died, so I bought a USB 2.0 to SATA/IDE kit. The cables look just like you have in the video, so I plugged everything the way you showed into my new PC, also an HP, but a tower. I don't know if I was supposed to plug the USB into the front of the PC, there's 2 ports there, but I did and nothing happened, except that the hard drive I'm trying to get the data off of got hot and started to smell; the power supply box got hot too, so I panicked and unplugged everything. I'm guessing I did something wrong, I wish I could attach pictures of what I did and what I have. Please can you help! I have tons of pictures and files I want to get off that hard drive, which itself is fairly new, about 8 months old as the original one was replaced.

[@jaynesnetwork]

Maybe try this one?? kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpqqfZ19faeiidk

[@LocalFiveGuy]

It's not a laptop drive, but I am using the same type of adapter to get access to my old IDE hard drive. I tried it on my Windows 10 desktop, but the file explorer stops responding?

[@jaynesnetwork]

Try putting the hard drive in the freezer.. and leave it there for several hours.. then try quickly reading the data while it is cold! sometimes this works.. because many hard drive fail when their bearing become loose from wear and tear... the coldness will temporarily shrink these bearings, and allow you to read data from the drive.. for a little while, until the drive warms up again! it is worth a shot..

[@pixels6240]

If I were to power the hard drive using a pc instead of that adapter but still using sata and usb would it work?

[@jaynesnetwork]

I don't see why not? The hard drive shouldn't care where the power comes from.. It should work!

[@judah7608]

Hi thanks for video after I get into my old hard drive where would my old iTunes be located?

[@jaynesnetwork]

You could do a search once you get it up and running... What operating system are you using?

[@judah7608]

So I bought this kit you have on video and plug it up to my old hard drive onto my new windows 10 desktop computer but I figured I would of been able to open up my old iTunes because it was very well organized to drag what I need onto my new computer but I can’t find iTunes thanks for replying also

[@jaynesnetwork]

You can use the search in the bottom left corner of the screen. If you know the names of any of the songs you can search on that, or you can search for file extentions: WAV, AIFF, AAC, and MP3 , which are possible extentions for these types of files... hope this helps..

[@judah7608]

jaynes network I get what you saying by searching the songs but the main reason I want to open up my old iTunes is because everything is organized by playlists I found it but it’s say the procedure entry point could not be located in the dynamic link library what does that mean ? Thanks so much for your help this far

[@train4905]

Superb sir,very helpfull indeed,and thanku for posting the amazon kit,steve from the uk.

[@moondog8072]

When I clicked on my user folder and my profile name it shows 0 bytes. Whats the work around for that? Hard drive is from an HP Envy M6 1125dx and I'm using a Byeasy USB 3.0 hard drive adapter to view files on another HP laptop.

[@simplelifemoneymatters3901]

What if you do everything in the video and you can access the hard drive from the computer but can't find where your documents or pictures are?

[@simplelifemoneymatters3901]

How do you know which area has the documents downloads and pictures that you want to save?

[@Livindaybyday]

Can I transfer data from a Windows XP desktop hard drive to my Windows 10 Laptop like this?

[@jaynesnetwork]

Yes that should work just fine. There should be no problems.. Best of luck...

[@Livindaybyday]

Okay thank you!

[@mdarifhussain8832]

Is it worked...???

[@mdarifhussain8832]

Please Reply..

[@j.lietka9406]

what model of HP is that? can the software used to recover any data be used to diagnose whether or not the installed OS is still suitable to be copied to a new SSD /HDD? thanks for a great tutorial

[@g-wolf9445]

So what probably happened was the computer hardware failed. The drive was fine all along. If this drive were plugged into a the same model laptop like the one it was pulled from the laptop would probably boot up. Good video for people that have a laptop crap out.

[@NorsePJ]

How can I find any emails from a removed hard drive? I've looked and looked and cannot find any but have been told they are there somewhere. I used Outlook for my emails but I cannot find any so called PST files and I'm at a loss as to what to do? I had emails from deceased loved ones and also other important ones.

[@dshep7850]

Thanks so much. This video really helped me with a problem I have concerning an old hard drive.

[@jaynesnetwork]

Great to hear! Glad it helped!

[@flakkingi7606]

Hey, I purchased one of these kits in hopes of retrieving old photos, have connected everything, can hear the hard drive spinning BUT nothing is happening on my windows 10 pc, nothing in disk management. Is there a driver you need to download to make it compatible with windows 10 pc or did I just buy a dud..Thanks

[@nithaazalea7579]

Bang, HDDnya pas dicolokin ga kedetect atau ga kebaca gimana?

[@benedicttwangington3238]

You sound like Jeff Goldblum!!! Especially at 2x speed - it's like a Jurassic park/independence day deleted scene haha

[@jaynesnetwork]

That's great. Jeff Goldblum is cool. This is so much better than feedback my buddy got from his KZbin. Someone told him that he sounded like Kermit the Frog. I would much rather sound like Jeff Goldblum than Kermit any day. Thanks again!!!

[@gwaygeewaay4253]

Wat bout the old man from family guy that whistles when he talks 😂

[@umeshriangofficial6860]

Sir i am not able to recover my crash hard drive after putting the necessary tools..any suggestion

[@jaynesnetwork]

Did you try reading the hard drive with another working computer?? Does the hard drive spin up?? (assuming it is a mechanical/magnetic hard drive).. It is possible for the hard drive to fail physically.. and for that there is no cure that I know of.. Usually, the boot/OS gets corrupted.. then it is possible to read the drive from another working computer.. if it is a more serious problem.. it may not be possible to retrieve the data.. Is the hard drive still functional, when plugged into another computer??

[@SurAmericanoSpic]

Will this work if the hard disk has a HDD password?? I don’t want to buy the sata USB adaptor if I don’t have to

[@jaynesnetwork]

It depends?? Is it a login password?? or is it encrypted data??? If it is just a login PW,.. the data is not affected.. it is only a windows formality.. It is possible that another windows machine may respect that password?? I usually use a Linux Machine.. they will just blow through that, no problem.. Linux does not care about windows passwords! But if the data is actually encrypted with a bit locker, and a PW, then it is actually scrambled on the hard drive.. and you will need to PW for that, to unscramble the data! Best of Luck!!

[@user-tj7hk1ss8d]

if HDD or SSD cannot be opened because of encrypted drive and notepad file explorer won't access it, try using a software to remove bitlocker, if you have data on a system drive, recovery environment will suspend the encryption and you can access the drive using notepad

[@jaynesnetwork]

Very interesting.. have you tried using a linux system to read the drive? It seems if it is encrypted, that nothing can read it, if you don't have the pass word??

[@ybscomputer105]

your camera resolution is not good but method is very fine and workful

[@moyopewa6279]

Dr Jaynes how are you doing Sir. i need your help i want to recover data from my hard drives and i have watched your tutorials no i want to find out the power cable, is it suppose to have a power pack or just a computer cable that can go direct on the power adapter?

[@jaynesnetwork]

It was a kit I got form Micro Center. It comes with everything. I noticed that walmart and others sell these on line, if you do a search on "sata USB adaptor cable" you will find several. If you have a desk top computer, you can do this without having to buy the cables..Here is a video that shows how.. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpqqfZ19faeiidk

[@wilhelmsmit7828]

plug laptop hard drive directly onto your mother board sata it is the same if you do not have the setup as in video.

[@Techo.41]

My windows 10 is already slowing down... Windows update is already starting to fail... I think its time to say goodbye to my old pc (I cant open it so I can't change the drive) and get a new pc

[@barryalan4069]

where did you buy the power cable, What is the connector called, and how did you connect it to a power supply

[@jaynesnetwork]

I believe that Walmart and others sell them online, if you do a search for' USB - SATA adapters'.. It is also possible to do this without buying cables, if you have a desktop computer.. I made a video showing how, if you area interested.. the link is below.. Thanks for the great comments.. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpqqfZ19faeiidk

[@prahaladadharsh9766]

Please provide me the link for products 0:57 and 1:24

[@synotfunny]

www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B00OZCQ5BM/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 here is the best tool for the job , bought it and used it several times all in one tool

[@liammusgrove6334]

Hey! Nice Video. Just wondering: What operating system was on the old one? Really curious.

[@jaynesnetwork]

In the video I was using a laptop that was running Windows 8. The operating system is not important. For my main computer I run Linux Ubuntu. Any OS should work fine I believe, just as long as you can connect it to an external hard drive. Thanks again for the great comments.

[@liammusgrove6334]

Ok. Thank You.

[@raymarra2017]

would you be able to recommend a 4 pin power supply for the old style hard drives or adapters for the same

[@raymarra2017]

sorry just found the link

[@MilkCrate801]

see what happened to me was that I accidentally over ran after effects on my f****** laptop and the next thing you know my home damn hard drive just ends up f****** upand now whenever I turn on my laptop it just goes to a black screen for like 5 minutes loads up the log in screen and when I login it takes like 5 minutes to open up a single file, and if I right click on something , THE WHOLE LAPTOP CRASHES

[@jaynesnetwork]

I don't think the program should cause this problem??? Was your drive almost full? Major issues can happen if you drive gets full. Also It could be a coincidence, and the drive was ready to fail anyway?? It does not matter too much what caused it now.... The next thing to do is try to back up your data if possible.. This video is a good way to do that.. Best of luck..

[@MilkCrate801]

@@jaynesnetwork I think what the issue may be is that I got my laptop from my brother in law and he's had it since his highschool years, and laptop hard drives usually past up to 3 to 5 years of use, and he's had it since 2015 and that was 3 years ago . I guess my hard drive met its deadline huh. Time to get a new laptop?

[@satish8812]

Can we recover diskpart hdd... using this recovery tools... pls suggest best recovery sw for data recovery

[@jaynesnetwork]

If the hard drive still functional, you should be able to just copy the files to a new computer. I have used Photorec to recover deleted files, but it also recovers a million other things as well.. Hopefully you won't have to resort to that.

[@satish8812]

@@jaynesnetwork Thank u Sir

[@user-tj7hk1ss8d]

well, there is a secret trick that repair shops dont use to recover data with only the installation media step 1: press shift+f10 (shift+fn+f10 if your computer has a fn button) step 2: type notepad step 3: go to file > open step 4: in the side click on this PC step 5: show all files from the dropdown step 6: try transferring a file or folder in a drive to external storage (you can transfer multiple files or folders) and view data after reinstslling Windows pros: make it full screen by getting it to the max height of screen cons: IT SADLY DOESN'T WORK, WHAT A SH*T METHOD!

[@rudeboitone91]

Can this work transferring windows to a Mac? Mine said device not supported

[@jaynesnetwork]

I believe Mac has a special/different type of file system.. I believe it is possible, but you have to get special software to do it.. I am not a Mac expert, but I did do some reading on this subject.. since others have asked.. hope this helps..

[@srinevasrao3365]

My lenovo E430 screen shows " A disk need error occured Press Crtl+Alt+Del to restart". I had done several time, but same msg shows. How to fix it. Pl. help me. Bad sector shows #3740

[@STinei]

Where can you get those adaptor? I have a damage hard drive and that adaptor may bring back all my photos and videos .

[@jaynesnetwork]

They have them online.. if you do a search 'sata to usb adapter' this should come up with several cables you can purchase.. I hope this helps...

[@STinei]

jaynes network thank you so much. This is helpful.

[@jaynesnetwork]

You are welcome!! Thanks for the great comments!

[@lilb2696]

There was no data accessed. I’m stuck at the last phase

[@mantas4484]

How is this cable called?

[@jaynesnetwork]

I did a google search on 'USB to SATA adapter cables' there are many for sale on the internet..

[@courtneywilliams6801]

Are you able to link the items like the adapter to get and such?

[@jaynesnetwork]

Are you talking about when you order the adapter? Most new hard drives are SATA.. What does you hard drive connector look like?

[@joyceweaver7915]

I brought one of these and I can open my files that was on my computer but every folder doesn't show stuff, can't find any photos and doc or emails

[@jaynesnetwork]

you can try doing a search for the extensions, such as .jpg .png .mov .doc .xdoc .xls .pdf etc... This might help find them.. Maybe you are in the wrong user directory or something?

[@wilhelmsmit7828]

if you go to the users then the name of the account that was active copy all folders my docs,pics downloads desktop.....that is where your data is.

[@harshchavan8123]

Actually my photos are in local drive E on my pc whose hard disk corrupted.So can I retrieve it back from my pc hard drive or will I get the data only from Local drive C?

[@jaynesnetwork]

If it is corrupted.. that is a problem.. it depends on how the drive is corrupted... sometimes the bearing get loose, and if you put the drive in the freezer, that will tighten up the bearing and allow you to read data for a little while, while it is still cold!.. I have a video on photorec, and that can be use to recover deleted files... sometimes it works.. I will post the link below.. Best of Luck! kzbin.info/www/bejne/rH24oX2Fj9KFe9U

[@wilhelmsmit7828]

All oky but what about the pst(mail) is is not under the user account::C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\outlook newer vertion of outlook it is under my docs not 2010 and older....

[@jaynesnetwork]

Yes, that it is problem.. trying to find all the files you want to recover.. At least you are able to access your hard drive.. that is a great start.. best of luck..

[@whatdoyouthinktodd]

So did you make this movie from a 8mm film?

[@jaynesnetwork]

What??? Now how could I transfer 8mm film to digital media? I did make this video a while ago, and I am always trying to improve my video quality. Thanks for the great comments..

[@parant-relevanttopicsschoo6825]

Is there a complete kit to use this technique? Been looking for a while now, don't know if the kits that I see online are the correct one.

[@jaynesnetwork]

Yes there are many kits for sale online.. You probably want to make sure you are getting one with the correct connectors.. most hard drives now are SATA,.. you can tell by looking at the connectors on the hard drive.. you can also do it without the special cables.. if you have a desk top computer.. here is a video showing how.. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpqqfZ19faeiidk

[@chasmofsar2691]

Does this procedure work if I'm trying to pull files from an old machine that ran Windows ME?

[@jaynesnetwork]

It should work on any operating system... provided the hard disc is still functional..

[@tiendoan6417]

When they ask to format what can you do? Formatting lose all files

[@jaynesnetwork]

Do not format! It is still possible to recover something by using photorec, but it is less likely to be successful, and much more work! Hopefully you did not format.. then you can still use the procedures outlined in this video! if you did.. Here is a video showing how to use photorec! kzbin.info/www/bejne/rH24oX2Fj9KFe9U

[@tiendoan6417]

@@jaynesnetwork what I try to say is I plugged in like u showed but its asked to format disk in disk management and the disks did not show on windows at all. Do I have a defective drives or what am I missing? Using Windows 10

[@Amina-yh2bt]

@jaynes network hi...can u pls tell me how i can recover photos fron a hard drive which accidentally fallen down & have scratch...

[@jaynesnetwork]

It is a mechanical hard drive? Scratches on the exterior of the hard drive don't affect its operations, but there are fragile components internally that can be damaged if dropped? Can you explain a little more what happened, and why you believe it is not working properly, symptoms etc...? thanks

[@Amina-yh2bt]

jaynes network its WD elements portable hard drive...we had given to a recovery centre in dubai...they said there is a scratch in the head...they said its not possible to recover the photos...do u think is there any way to recover it....pls suggest a centre if so....

[@shadmanigat2232]

hello please help me what is the difference between a sata/USB adapter with power supply VS sata/usb adapter without power supply?? i wanted to know if there is a difference because i have an hdd that wont work while im using a adapter sata/usb without power

[@jaynesnetwork]

I believe the disc drive will need some type of power. If you do not have sata with power, you will probably need another way to power the disc drive. Probably safest to get one with power.

[@lgall5580]

Can a hard drive that may have gotten wet be recovered? Laptop got wet not sure if hard drive did. Took off cover and took out hard drive the hard drive itself seemed dry.

[@jaynesnetwork]

Maybe Better let things dry out very good before putting electricity on anything. If anything is wet, it can do even more damage and burn out circuits, by shoring them out. I would let it dry for a week at least before attempting to put power on it. If the hard drive itself is dry, them maybe you can attempt to recover in another computer? It should probably work,... provided the initial wet computer did not short out the hard drive circuits in the hard drive itself. Definitely try it on a good working computer... Best of luck. Let us know how it works out.. Thanks..

[@AnuRadha-og8lb]

Hi, My internel hard disk is not detectable, Can I recover my data ? Help me pls.

[@jaynesnetwork]

Did you try hooking it up as a secondary hard drive on another working computer?

[@WKaznartist]

My laptop doesn't recognize the external hard drive that I connected it to. Any advice on how to get it recognized? I can hear the hard drive ticking/clicking when the power is connected.

[@jaynesnetwork]

Can you hear the drive spinning up?? If not, that is a very bad sign.. and probably is impossible for anyone to retrieve the data.. The drives can fail mechanically, and then this trick does not work.. This fix only works if only the OS is damaged, so that the computer can not boot off this drive, yet the drive is still physically working and can be used as a secondary drive in another computer.. if the drive is not physically functional, then I know of no reasonable way of retrieving data from it. If the drive is not recognized by the computer, and you only hear clicking sounds.. and no spinning.. My guess is that it is probably toast.. Sorry..

[@WKaznartist]

@@jaynesnetwork I will have to retry and listen more closely to hear if it spins at all. And I have a 2nd laptop that I can test to see if the hard drive is recognizable. Would any recovery software work?

[@jaynesnetwork]

If the drive is working.. I believe you should be able to access it normally.. Some hard drives fail because the bearing become loose. If you put the drive in the freezer for a while, sometimes it will shrink the bearing enough.. so they will work for a little while, and you can recover your data.. Other things can fail of course... and if that is the case, this fix won't work.. For instance, a tecky here at work, had the circuitry on one of his hard drives fail, and he was able to replace this circuit, and get it to work again.. I would probably not attempt this.. Anyway, yes, try it on another computer, it can't hurt.. best of luck!..

[@bryanabreu2306]

Does anybody know how can I be able to access to my desktop. Since I had a password, it doesn't let me access my files

[@jaynesnetwork]

Unless you encrypted the hard drive.. you should be able to access it.. There may be issues with it on another windows machine.. If so, try a Linux machine.. Linux will not respect windows passwords. and will allow absolute access to the hard drive.. This is only the case, if the hard drive is not encrypted... If it is encrypted.. you are doomed!

[@bryanabreu2306]

jaynes network I found a website that was useful I got it back. Thanks for the reply. I will leave this just in case somebody run to the same problem. www.laptopmag.com/articles/take-ownership-folder-windows-10-using-file-explorer

[@bobcammarata2338]

Bob Cammarata 1 second ago FOR THE LIFE OF ME I CAN NOT FIND OUT WHAT KIND OF H/D IS IN MY DELL 8500 LAPTOP!!!! I ALSO CAN'T FIND OUT WHAT KIND OF ADAPTER TO USE WITH MY H/D SO I CAN PLUG IT IN TO A USB INPUT ON SOME OTHER COMPUTER. ANYONE KNOW PLEASE HELP ME WITH THIS PROBLEM. THANKS.

[@jaynesnetwork]

You need to look at the connectors.. right on the hard drive.. Many laptop companies have their own cable.. don't use this.. the connectors on the hard drive are standard.. It is probably SATA, unless it is a pre/circa 2003 computer... Here is how to tell.. www.reclaime.com/library/how-to-tell-ide-from-sata.aspx

[@kalububu9265]

Thank you Sir you saved me bunch of $$$ very useful

[@meezzy3110]

Would buying an external hard drive case be basically the same thing tried it once and it work like a glove...plus, it gave me an extra storage device.

[@jaynesnetwork]

Yes if you feel more comfortable doing it this way, then the external case is really exactly the same. The cables are build into a protective case for your hard drive, but besides that there is really no difference.. Best of luck!

[@ApplicationServerMain]

is that the only files you need to move

[@jaynesnetwork]

You need to move ALL files you want to save..Sometimes it is difficult to locate them, because user directories may seem like they are in different places, since this is not the main hard drive... and normally you user directory has a special place for the folder if it is on the boot drive.. best to thoroughly search through everything... best of luck!

[@ApplicationServerMain]

@@jaynesnetwork Ok thank you

[@aksshaysharma96]

I can't boot into windows only black screen appears. I have windows in C and other data in D and g volume. So using a bootable disk can i delete the c drive(which contains windows and some applications) and not touch the remaining two partitions and then again install windows on the same drive again by creating new C volume??

[@jaynesnetwork]

I believe that the D partition probably will not be harmed, but to be sure I would backup it completely before trying something like this, then if it does get erased you have it saved. If you have a copy of Ubuntu on a boot disc, you can boot your computer into linux and not have to worry about affecting the hard drive as well... It is another possibility to help you trouble shoot. I still would backup first though.. There is always a risk when you are doing something like this... Maybe you could just put a new hard drive in your computer, and start from scratch, and save the old one to get files off? Just another possibility..

[@VickyGeagan]

You will have to boot from bios on dells at the same time you go to push the on button repeatedly push on and off the f12 button and boot from a copied image of windows an usb drive is your best bet you want to change the boot order to the usb flash drive you may have to reinstall windows

[@kukhaldas8306]

Can I recover my files that I saved on C- DRIVE(user desktop). My PC is not working. I think my processor & motherboard are dead but my HDD is ok. Hoping a reply.

[@jaynesnetwork]

Yes, If the hard drive is OK, you should be able to read it with another computer.. You can either hook it up externally with cables like I show in this video, or you can put it internal as a second hard drive. I show how to do this in a different video.. Then you should be able to copy the data and save it..

[@kukhaldas8306]

@@jaynesnetwork . Thanks for the reply.

[@josuepatriciodossantos1627]

thank you very much for posting cheats without viruses

[@NeerajKumar-cs6wp]

I install windows 7 on my laptop previously it was running on Windows 10 / but unfortunately by mistake disk partition got deleted by me while installing windows 7 / I tried recuva recovery but the recovered videos and photos are curropted / can I get my videos and photos back by using this method / plz reply 😢😢

[@jaynesnetwork]

Yes, use another computer... It should work.. if the hard drive is still good.. You did't encrypt them did you??

[@davidbrown9914]

can you use linux mint computer to see windows HD with this?

[@jaynesnetwork]

Yes, Linux is always great to use.. probably better that other OS's...

[@luisamaria4859]

Hi, I have a problem. My laptop does not boot (a blue screen pops up)(my computer has windows 7), I might be able to fix it if I had the windows installation disc, but for some reason I do not have one. What should I do? should I use a USB to SATA adapter ? will I be able to have all my data back(for example my search history )? thanks.

[@jaynesnetwork]

HI, Here is a video that may help you fix your Windows 7 Blue screen of Death problem. You can buy the disc fairly cheaply from e-bay or amazon, etc... kzbin.info/www/bejne/iIHIkJWLgJmgh8U I would still try to back up your important data first. Re-installation can/will cause data loss.. Here is a way to do it without special cables... kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpqqfZ19faeiidk I hope this helps..

[@jaynesnetwork]

I would still try to back up your important data first. Re-installation can/will cause data loss.. Here is a way to do it without special cables... kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpqqfZ19faeiidk

[@chuckwh60]

But you have to have at least 3 gigs extra on new computer? Thanks for your idea help

[@jaynesnetwork]

It's always a good idea to backup your important data, you never know when your hard drive will fail.. Thanks for the great comments..

[@inthenameofjustice8811]

Hi You may have saved me from a great loss but I am not sure. My problem is this: I had a 32 bit desktop computer whose power pack blew out. I had to buy a new computer in hurry and was forced to allow someone else to do that for me because of the circumstances I was in. They bought a 64bit HP computer for £500. (£200 too much in my opinion) I was horrified to find that when I got to see this computer the M/Board only had one SATA plug on it. I had hoped I could hook up the drive from the old computer, copy the files across I need and all would be well. Do you think adapters like yours would help? Or, do you know of any adapters that would solve any incompatibility issues between 32 bit and 64 bit drives? I am in the UK and finding help here for this is proving difficult but I would happily have something shipped if I had to.

[@jaynesnetwork]

My adapter converts both SATA and IDE for use on USB. If you get an adapter that is compatible with your drive it should work. The number of bits is more of a processor thing.. It shouldn't affect the kind of hard drive format you have.. A hard drive from a 32bit computer is basically the same as one from 64 bit, so it should work.. best of luck.

[@inthenameofjustice8811]

Thanks a lot. That eased my mind a little.

[@cupid4u4u]

Hi...what if u have more partitions on ur hard drive..how to open other partitions on the other laptop?

[@jaynesnetwork]

I believe they should be mounted as usual. Normally a different letter is assigned to each partition. When you access the drive this way, the computer sees it as a normal external hard drive, so unless the partition tables are corrupted or something, I believe it should be a very straight forward process of copying the data from the crashed disc to the new computer's hard drive.. If there are lost files or major corruption of the HD, it is possible to recover them too.. Even if they have been deleted. I have a video on this, but that is a much more complex process. Best to try the easy stuff first though..