So my old desktop computer crashed and I removed the hard drive and bought a SATA to USB adapter cable to plug into my MacBook to get the data off of my hard drive.

But I am on my second cable and it still is not being detected? What could be the issue? I even tried to connect it to a Windows PC but it was still not detected.

Image of cable:

Image of hard drive:

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You're using the wrong adapter for a 3.5" HDD

Basic USB-to-SATA adapters that obtain all of their power from a USB port and not from a separate power supply are only designed to power 2.5" HDD, not 3.5" HDD models.

This screenshot confirms that your adapter, as well as another popular budget model, both officially only support 2.5" HDD drives:

This is what you should be using for a 3.5" HDD:

It's certainly possible that the hard drive suffered a catastrophic failure but you won't know for sure until you first attempt to access it using an adapter that's capable of spinning up such a heavy mechanical drive.

I have tried various model adapters and have found this to be by far the most reliable one.

Its a hrddrive someone told Me i meed more power and to get a power bank to usb!

This is my harddrive btw

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I heard this will Do the trick and will Read on mac

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