Got a new computer for Christmas and yanked the 2nd hard drive out of the old computer, to use as a data drive. Connected it to the new computer successfully with a USB/IDE bridge I had laying around. Went back and forth from the old to the new computer several times with no problems. Obviously I disconnected it from one of the computers the wrong way. Now neither of the computers recognizes the drive at all. Any trick or gimmick I can use to undo whatever damage I've done? Or am I doomed, and this hard drive is now trashed?
EDIT: Checked the pins like Wil suggested. One looked a little off so I straightened it out. No luck. Tried a different USB/IDE bridge. No luck. Drive is a Seagate Barracuda 7200 - 320GB Ultra ATA
EDIT #2: It's late, I'll try putting it back into the old computer tomorrow to see if that works. That's not too hard to do.
Edit #3: Put it back into the old computer & it didn't read it. Also used the USB/IDE bridge on a different bare drive and it read that with no problem. Any other suggestions?
Answer
did you connect the hard drive to the IDE port of the old computer? maybe it's just the USB adapter that's toast.
edit: by 'didn't read it' do you mean the drive is not recognized in the BIOS?
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