[tjmcs]

Greetings,

I am running Win XP pro. I have a WD WD800JD formated in Win XP that I am trying to recover data from via a sata/usb adapter, a Rosewill RCW-608. The mobo died in one computer and I want to recover the data. The drive shows up in "device manager" under "disk drives" only. I can not access the drive to recover data.

Is there a way to access this data via the usb adapter or do I need to mount the drive in my working computer?

Thank you.

Joe

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[phillpower2]

Have you tried going to Computer and right clicking on the device to open it.
Some free recovery software should you need it http://download.cnet...4-10753287.html

[tjmcs]

phillpower2,

It is not showing up in "My Computer", only in "device manager". When I right click on it, I get properties and drivers. The drive also shows up in "Computer Management", however, the only option is to reformat the drive.

Like I said, I may have to install it in my working computer to access it.

[phillpower2]

Yes you may now be better to install the HDD into your present system, once done enter the BIOS on first boot and see if the drive is detected - listed.

[tjmcs]

Thank you.

[phillpower2]

You are welcome, let us know how you get on or if you have any questions.