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Internal now-external hard-drive cannot be read

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Old_Venezuelan

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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..!
 

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Old_Venezuelan said:
My 13-year-old Windows XP laptop just died. Something burned - and smoked
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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.
 
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Internal XP Windows Hard-drive converted into an...

My 13-year-old Windows XP laptop just died. I took out its internal HITACHI hard drive (see the specs written below, or 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...
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