Connecting Passport drive directly to PC via SATA connection. [ Edited ]

[jayydean1111]

My hard drive powers on by USB connection and spins, but does not recognize on any computer on any operation system. I have tried Windows XP, Vista, WIN 7 32 bit and 64 bit. MAC OSX (a few versions) . I see a diagram in how to connect directly to a pc via SATA.

http://www.datarecoverytools.co.uk/2010/05/05/how-to-connect-and-recover-usb-only-western-digital-dr...

This is for an older drive,  but my drive is newer and posted in the picture link below.

Here are the photos of my drive. I am just trying to gather information so I can have someone else do all the fancy connection work haha. Has anyone done this with this drive below? Thanks for help and suggestions.

http://s1073.photobucket.com/albums/w395/hardrivefix/?action=view&current=SAM_2774.jpg

[Joe_S]

If this drive came with Smartware it will be hardware encrypted and you won't be able to recover data. Some of the newer drives don't have standard connections.

Joe

[Vadir2]

In newest of  My Book and My Passport drives there is no SATA port, the USB port comes built-in the drive.  If you are concerned about the data I suggest you to contact a porfessional data recovery service.

[Batman0305]

Hi, I also want to know if i can connect My passport to a PC via SATA cable, because with the USB cable my Hd is not recognized on any computer. 

My external HD is: My passport WDBABM0010BBK 1.0 TB

Best regards