Using an old master HDD with XP as a USB slave on new PC with Vista

[Float Downstream]

Well, truenorth, it appears that I may have taken too long to reply before, and everyone lost interest in the issue. I recall you mentioning that you had other methods of retrieving the data; are they too complicated or costly to attempt before trying to use a USB enclosure?

[patio]

There were plenty of suggestions not tried yet while you were waiting for a response...
Don't blame us for losing interest.

[LSF22]

will it not read it if its a C drive when you already have a C drive on your new computer?

[Float Downstream]

Man, I finally got my internet re-connected, and still no luck with my old C: drive. Hey patio, I did try the previous suggestions; although, I didn't try the stuff on your link to take ownership of a drive because the files on the drive were not visible, and I didn't buy a USB enclosure because truenorth suggested that I wait until the thread evolved more. I did try setting the jumper to the master position, though, and it still didn't work. I wasn't trying to "blame" anyone, I just figured that the post had been disregarded because that's what happened when I tried posting the same topic in the help forum on Vista's site. Sorry.

[patio]

Try jumpering it as slave and connect it to the middle ribbon connector...
Do this on both IDE 0 and IDE 1
Restart after each attempt to make sure it is being recognised in the BIOS...
Do you feel the drive spinning up ? ?

[Float Downstream]

The drive does spin when I connect the power cable to it, but my computer doesn't have IDE capabilities, which is why I had to get the USB-PATA adapter.

[JJ 3000]

Does the drive show up in Disk Management?

[patio]

Sorry...i misread after revisiting this thread...as long as it's hooked up to SATA 2 or above it should be treated as a slave drive by the controllers as long as the SATA1 drive is functioning properly...
How does it show up in Disk Management ? ?

[chevronman]

Did you buy an external housing to hold your old hard drive to transfer your data? If you did, the drive jumper must stay in the master position for it to work. The first time I did it my computer would not recognize the external drive. As soon as I put the jumper back to the master position it found it and worked and still works great.

[patio]

SATA drives don't have jumpers...except for speed.

[chevronman]

Unless I read it wrong, she said she had a pata connection which i thought was a 40 or 44 pin ide depending on the size of the hard drive. She said her new connection was a sata so I am assuming that there would be a jumper involved in the connection.

[chevronman]

Sorry I used the term she, just assumed, The topic starter is what I should have used.

[chevronman]

Device Installation:
1. Confirm device jumpers are set to master mode.
(3.5” IDE/PATA HDD or CD/DVD Optical Drive Only)
Note: See FAQs for more information about master mode
2. Connect SATA/IDE connector to SATA/IDE device.
Note: When connecting PATA 2.5” or 3.5” drives to DriveWire, it is necessary
to align the polarizing pins in the DriveWire’s connector up with the open
space on the hard drive to avoid breaking pins on the hard drive.
3. Connect the AC power adapter to DriveWire. For 3.5” PATA hard drives,
plug the AC adapter directly into the hard drive.
CAUTION: Power adapter must be properly alligned
to prevent damage.
4. Connect DriveWire to your computer using the
Mini USB Cable