How to connect 3.5 Inch Sata HDD to Laptop via USB 

Tried this but still not detected

Any other way?

@@isaackamando8484 Nops. That's how it worked in my case. I firstly connected the drive to adapter by usb cable. Then i connected the power cable to the adapter. It has been working like that for me since the start. & it works in reverse order for sata disc drive i.e firstly I have to connect power to the adapter & then I have to connect the adapter to the pc via usb.

@@mayanksingh12 thanks lemme try that

@@isaackamando8484 Did that work for you?

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Dam 10tb for a Mac book 😧

Yes

@@lsi3585 time to creat a Frankenstein laptop out of two broken ones

Can it be used as an external HDD for a PS4?

NAH

Thats what i was thinking

no. not enough power

@@rigidhammer7376 if you have an old desktop computer laying around, you can plug it into the wall then plug your hard drive into the power wires coming out of the computer tower. That will power up your old hard drive, so you can plug it into the USB of your laptop to view it. USB alone,is not enough.

Return the cable, you still have a week to do it.

And no, there is no work around

What do you mean then plug 5v to small USB?

@@akilluminati47 Adapter has two USB plugs: 4-wired full USB connection and two-wired for 5V power only. Small is a two-wired USB, it has small diam.

RUN disk MANAGEMENT, you tube adding another hard drive to computer it will show how to make the new hdd show

Yes, it should

hello , I have same problem did you found its fix? I couldn't

Yes

@@BUZZYBUZZIE you sure??but it is not 12 v

@@nadunsasmitha143 it will be lowered

Did you managed to solve the issue with an adapter , and is it an ac or dc adapter ?

@@baselterkawi4758 Hello, yes! the adapter i'm using is a dc adapter. The converter i purchased was different compared to the video. it has two male plugs. What i did first was plug one on my laptop, and then used a dc adapter but that didn't work. It only worked when i plugged the other one to an outlet. So basically one plug on my laptop, one on the outlet, and then the dc adapter. Maybe it just didn't have enough energy that's why it needed the other plug to go to an outlet. hope it helps!

The connector I used is linked in the video description

yes. but you can use any 12V adaptor if you already have it

@@timepoet can you use a 24v adaptor

Yes, another power cable is needed unless you already have one with the same power

Nope because 3.5 using 12v but 2.5 using only 5v

Yes , 2.5" doesn't need external power

2A is plenty of current for MOST HDDs, and probably all SSDs

12V/2A center positive polarity power adapter (Power Adapter ) is necessarily required if 3.5" SATA HDD is connected.

I'm using a 12V=2A adapter, it isn't working..

@@IpoyMontes15 did you figure out how to get it spinning consistently?

@@timepoet do you need an ac or dc adapter ?

So I found 12V to 1.5 A cable power cord that fits into the hole. Doesn't seem to work, does it HAVE to be 2A???? Wish people told me this before buying hardrive.

Did you fix the issue, I have the same one and the hdd is giving pepping noises

If extra space is all you need, then use an external HDD and move / offload some data from onboard disk to the external drive. That way the laptop will be faster as well due to more available onboard disk space in internal HDD. This video is mostly useful for people who had their laptop dead and need to extract the data by mounting it as a master slave connection to another device.

@@timepoet but i dont have any money to buy a whole new external HDD cuz i already have a HDD from my old PC and i dont wanna be spending 100 euros for something wich i could do for 15 eurod

@@dabebyconvertible in that case, if you are okay to use the adapters you can convert this HDD from old PC into an external hard drive as a make shift purpose. But be mindful that these drives are designed to be screwed on to a PC. So unlike a portable external drive, it will be less agile although gets the job done.

If you use different OS than maybe yes. You will see pop up to format if your PC cant read it. If you had the same OS on both PCs or both PCs support that format you probably wont need to. Look in web for advantages or diadvantages of each format.

@@antedieente9030 Thanks for the reply

@@user-bn8vk6rd1i no problem

Yes , connectors same for SSD / 2.5" / 3.5" HDD .And for SSD and 2.5" HDD - no additional power supply needed.

Nope not enough power

@@lordofshadow7041 have you try?

@@jeremychristianto3877 ofc I have it already, You need an additional power in order to make your 3.5 work the 5v usb from your laptop and 12v from adapter or any power resource that you have, My adapter is 12v/2A output.

@@lordofshadow7041 thanks for respond bro, so if i use dual usb for 3.5", it means i have 2 x 5v. Still not enough?

@@jeremychristianto3877 You have to get a separate source of power you need a 12v + 5v The 12v is for the spinning and the 5v is for the reading process (Data transfer) Do not use the same power source, 5v from your laptop and 12v from an adapter or any power source that can give you 12v/2A at max!! Ofc if you don't want to damage your hdd

It's a freaking terabyte HDD not a processor or a GPU. Lol

Does it work as an external storage for PS4/XBOX? Can it work

​@@user-ti6ix5tn2oCan this 3.5 HDD be used as an external storage for PS4

12V/2A center positive polarity power adapter (Power Adapter ) is necessarily required if 3.5" SATA HDD is connected.

any 12V adaptor should work, check the rating on your laptop charger

12V/2A center positive polarity power adapter (Power Adapter ) is necessarily required if 3.5" SATA HDD is connected.

you'll fry the circuit, you must have the 12v power adapter

Yeah. I fried mine. I had a 12v lead acid battery between them, for backup. But the battery connection was loose and the circuit inside the adaptor is gone

@@roshinparameswaran4817 does it hurt the hdd or the sata to usb adapter , and does trying an under voltage adapter like 9v-half an amp do any harm ?

@@baselterkawi4758 HDD was safe, only the adapter is gone. Use proper 12v adapter. Now I'm using a 12v 3.33a standard adapter.

@@roshinparameswaran4817 I bought a 12v/2a adapter and the hdd didn't appear on my laptop and the hdd gave a pepping voice , what does that mean ?

12V/2A center positive polarity power adapter (Power Adapter ) is necessarily required if 3.5" SATA HDD is connected.

12V/2A center positive polarity power adapter (Power Adapter ) is necessarily required if 3.5" SATA HDD is connected.

12V/2A center positive polarity power adapter (Power Adapter ) is necessarily required if 3.5" SATA HDD is connected.

Did it work ?

@@baselterkawi4758 yeah it worked, looks like its a standard power brick for these devices, i prefer 12v 2a over 12v 1a just to be on the safer side

@@JohnPaulBuce I have a 12v2a power adapter and it is managing to turn the hdd on but it is not recognised by the laptop and it gives pepping noise , what is the issue ?