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read a Windows 8 disk with USB adapter with Windows 7

I have a Windows 8 PC with a 2TB SATA disk in it. The power supply is dead, but I wanted to get the data from the disk. But if I connect it to a Windows 7 PC or a Vista PC, they either do not see it at all or think that it needs to be "initialized in order for Disk Manager to access it". I do not have another Win8 PC at the moment to attach this disk to, is there another way to possibly read any data from the disk?

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Don Thomson

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SIDESHOWBLAH

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After installing the disk into another Windows 7 PC with a direct SATA connection, I was able to get the one folder that I wanted. There is definitely some corruption on the disk but I was able to get what I needed. And both USB docks that I tried failed to get me anywhere. Thanks.

Jerry Mills

Good point Gary - just assumed he already replaced power supply in the PC 8 pc. I use the USB to recover data even on a bad drive. You would be surprised what I have managed to recover - odds are high that the drive electronics.

actevolis

Hi all,

let me confirm that solution suggested by sideshowblah is working !

I connect the hard disk directly to another computer (Windows 7), then disabling "Windows boot manager" and UEFI to enforce booting on the first SATA disk (otherwise, this is the hard disk Windows 8 who's starting :(( ), and the "Win8 disk" is appearing in Windows explorer !

Seb