SATA to USB?

SamMillarF1 · 14 Jul 2023 at 15:46

Hi All

I have a few SATA drives I have lots of old photos on from years gone by. I have tried plugging them into my current PC through the standard sata cables etc, I can feel the disk start spinning however it doesn't show up in the BIOS. I have three disks that all worked the last time I checked them a year or so ago on an older computer (which I don't have now). I bought a USB to SATA cable off ebay and tried this however the disks don't even spool up with it and therefor don't show either. I have also tried this cable on two other laptops which don't fire them up either.

Does anyone have any recommendations as to why they are not showing on my PC when I plug them in through the sata cables or can recommend another usb to sata cable I could try?

Cheers

Wing-Man · 15 Jul 2023 at 09:06

If your disks are 3.5” you need a powered caddy. A 2.5” will run off the usb power.

SamMillarF1 · 15 Jul 2023 at 15:47

Wing-Man said:
If your disks are 3.5” you need a powered caddy. A 2.5” will run off the usb power.

Would this work?

Wing-Man · 15 Jul 2023 at 15:54

Ya but you need to remove the Amazon link you can’t do that on hear

SamMillarF1 · 15 Jul 2023 at 17:12

Wing-Man said:
Ya but you need to remove the Amazon link you can’t do that on hear

Cheers

Semple · 15 Jul 2023 at 17:15

If they're not showing up in the bios on your new PC then that's not a good sign.