My previous internal hard drive crashed and I recently installed a new one. Would it hurt to plug the old drive into the USB to see if I might could recover some old files from there? The actual drive said it couldn't be repaired but the Mac hd partition looked fine. Any help is appreciated thanks.
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Using previous iMac internal hard drive
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You can put the old drive in an external enclosure and try to mount it. You might be able to retrieve files from it. There's no harm in trying.
How else are you going to connect it, if it's not in an enclosure with the right connectors? (Firewire or USB)
Do you see a place on the drive you removed from the iMac where you can plug that USB cable into?
It doesn't have a USB port on it, so that won't work. If you happen to have a USB -> SATA cable lying around, that should work though.
Then it should work fine. You said "USB cable" before; not "USB to SATA cable". There's a big difference.
Sorry I just assumed you would know what I meant, my bad. Thanks for the help again.
SATA drves requires power. Your cable probably won't power it.
I suggest getting a USB to SATA DOCK. Even if your old drive may not work, you can still get drives to use with it.
I suggest getting a USB to SATA DOCK. Even if your old drive may not work, you can still get drives to use with it.
I have one of these:
http://www.newertech.com/products/usb2_adaptv2.php
and it's great for temporary drive connections.
http://www.newertech.com/products/usb2_adaptv2.php
and it's great for temporary drive connections.