external hard drive help

[lenney]

ok so i have a 500gb buffalo external hard drive

today i used the wrong plug on it so now it smells burnt out is there anyway to recover my files?

my pc does not reconise it as when pluging in no power goes to it

i tried to open it to just put inside my tower but the connections on it are different

what can i do???

lenney Reviewed by lenney on 17th Mar 2011. external hard drive help ok so i have a 500gb buffalo external hard drive today i used the wrong plug on it :( so now it smells burnt out is there anyway to recover my files? my pc does not reconise it as when pluging in no power goes to it i tried to open it to just put inside my tower but the connections on it are different what can i do??? Rating: 5

[Daniel]

It burned? I'd suggest that you take your external hard drive to the store where you bought it and ask them for help.

[lenney]

i got it of the internet it smells like its burnt because the power supply was to high

[Daniel]

You cant get any power on it?

[delboy]

It depends what is burnt out e.g. the actual hard drive or just the board in the external hdd case..

try in a diffrent pc, if the connections are diffrent buy a sata to ide converter, or ide to sata, (there is loads on ebay e.g. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2-1-IDE-SATA-S...-/330408455084).

[lenney]

the connection inside is real small i do not think it is sata either

[delboy]

the connection inside is real small i do not think it is sata either

it probably is sata, compare it to the small connections in the ebay listing i linked above.

[lenney]

ok i will look later hope it is

[flex202]

Take it to the pc store and ask them to recover files if they can.

[ShareShiz]

last resort. break open the external and use it as in internal