so i got a USB to sata adapter and it did not work so i returned it and got another one and it still does not work.Can someone plz help me

 

Bad cable?
Bad USB port?
Bad drive?
No power to drive?

 

U still eFing around with *nix drivers?

 

Hello,

You give us very less info to go on.
Are you using an USB 2.0 port on the PC?
I have noticed that some devices will not work on USB 3.0 ports.
What operating system are you using?
Are the drivers installed?

Bertus

 

U still eFing around with *nix drivers?

My first language is English and even I have no idea what this means.

 

My first language is English and even I have no idea what this means.

Good. It is tailored to specific audience.

 

Can you feel hear or feel the drive spinning? I've used the cables for data recovery on a Pc and no drivers were needed. It should show up as removable media. Data transfer is much shower than pulling the side cover off of a tower Pc and adding the drive to the available connectors.

 

Hello,

You give us very less info to go on.
Are you using an USB 2.0 port on the PC?
I have noticed that some devices will not work on USB 3.0 ports.
What operating system are you using?
Are the drivers installed?

Bertus

Drivers did not come in the packaging neither did it say were to get them I am using windows 7 and I tried using it with USB 3.0 now that you mentioned that it may not work with USB 3 I will try USB 2.0

 

Can you feel hear or feel the drive spinning? I've used the cables for data recovery on a Pc and no drivers were needed. It should show up as removable media. Data transfer is much shower than pulling the side cover off of a tower Pc and adding the drive to the available connectors.

Do I have to wipe the hard drive I am using?. Because I think I left Ubuntu on the hard drive but my local pc store can wipe the HDD so should I have them wipe the drive or not?

 

If it is not FAT32 then yes you will. Linus has a variety of format types not compatible with Windows.

But I would think Windows should at least recognize the drive. It just could not read it.


What version of windows is this?

Windows 10 does not always recognize new drives. You need to scan for new hardware.

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us...rd-drive/11f1cf28-0320-4a5e-aabb-e66e13a7526b

 

Do I have to wipe the hard drive I am using?. Because I think I left Ubuntu on the hard drive but my local pc store can wipe the HDD so should I have them wipe the drive or not?

I'm new to Ubuntu. I do not use it as much as I was hoping to because the Arduino IDE is outdated. Are you trying to recover data from the drive? If you are, you could make a bootable usb stick with Ubuntu on it, boot up any computer and then try your cables.

 

http://www.ext2fsd.com/?cat=3

Usually ext2/3/4 drivers are ok in read mode under windows.

Under linux a simple

dd if=/dev/random of=/device/path bs=512 count=1024
Will wipe the partion table. Should allow you to partition your drive using windows. Mind tho back up any data you want off that drive and really really make sure you have the correct device.

 

ok I fixed the issue. I was trying to use a desktop drive when the adapter could only supply enough power for a laptop drive so I found a 80GB laptop drive and plugged it in and it works!!!! But THX to every1 who tried helping

 

A case of forgetting to RT(F)M ?

Hahaha it can happen to the best of us....oh it can happen any of us.

Glad you worked it out.