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My arcade's HDD died!! (Desperate- Mame 127 help)
Diet_Pepsi:
That device is pretty much the same as what I used.
DeLuSioNal29:
--- Quote from: gman314 on September 24, 2012, 01:31:03 am ---When I first used the BlacX to copy from the old drive to a new one, many files either refused to copy or would have taken a ridiculously long time to do so. I'm still hoping that its just a boot file that is corrupted and not all of my data.
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I had this same issue with my external hdd case. It would freeze and take long to copy files over. Sometimes not at all. I bought the adapter I mentioned above and I was able to read everything just fine. It's $19.99 (normally $29.99) and if you use coupon code: CABLEME30 you get another $6.00 off. With free shipping and no tax, it comes out to $13.99 total. Mileage may vary with the device in your situation, but either way it's a heck of a deal and a handy device to have. Our IT department uses it.
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gman314:
I ordered that IDE/SATA adapter (should be here by Thursday). One of my concerns is the fact that my "currently non working" HDD is running XP and the host computer that I will use to transfer the data is a Windows 7 computer. Will this be an issue? Suppose I use a MacBook as the host computer, would that be an issue?
nipsmg:
No, that won't be an issue. The macbook and the Windows 7 computer should be able to read data off that drive. I'd almost recommend using the Macbook as (i'm almost positive) OSX will only mount NTFS volumes as Read Only. (I'm assuming your disk is formatted as NTFS).
Dervacumen:
What is the model of your Seagate drive? A 7200.11? Is it detected in BIOS? I had one that stopped being recognized by BIOS - it was buggy firmware. Made a special cable, sent it some commands through Hyperterminal and it's been working ever since.
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