Internal now-external hard-drive cannot be read

[Old_Venezuelan]

My 13-year-old Windows XP laptop just died. Something burned - and smoked - after I plugged in an USB thumb-drive. I took out its internal HITACHI hard drive (see the specs in the attached photo PDF file), to place it in one of those external portable USB hard-drive cases I just purchased, and it in fit with no problems, into the mentioned case; however, when I plugged it into my Windows 10 HP Laptop, it did not recognize it. I assumed it was because the Hitachi was setup with Windows XP, and my HP Laptop is a Windows 10 machine; so, I took it and connected it to another Windows XP system I have, and it gave me a I/O Device error message.

Please, I need several files located inside this internal HITACHI hard drive.

Please, advise… and keep in mind I AM NOT computer savvy..!

[Rustys]

My 13-year-old Windows XP laptop just died. Something burned - and smoked

Whatever cause this may have toasted the drive.

You have tried on two separate systems may not be able to without having to send to professional for a few thousand $$.

One final suggestion is trying a live version of Linux and if that cannot see and or read the drive is toast.

[PeterOz]

To avoid duplicate answers.
Same post here

https://www.techguy.org/threads/internal-xp-windows-hard-drive-converted-into-an-external-one.1288183/#post-9973123

[Rustys]

Since the same conclusion has been provided on both sites and there is no need for this thread to remain open.

Closing