The drive operates on a 12V, 1.5Amp power supply but the manual doesn't specify polarity(not uncommon). If the power supply has failed you should be able to find polarity indicators on it, if it is lost, it would cost about the same to simply purchase a new enclosure and transfer your drive into that rather than risk getting it wrong.
Given it's advanced age(a senior citizen in the technological world) the drive inside is undoubtedly IDE(or ATA but not SATA), ensure the enclosure you purchase to move the drive into supports IDE/ATA as most these days only support SATA given it's dominance over the past decade. Also given it has passed the point of expecting data loss(computer Alzheimer's), I would highly recommend purchasing a replacement at the same time and copying all of the relevant data to the newer drive as a precaution before retiring the old drive.
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The drive operates on a 12V, 1.5Amp power supply but the manual doesn't specify polarity(not uncommon). If the power supply has failed you should be able to find polarity indicators on it, if it is lost, it would cost about the same to simply purchase a new enclosure and transfer your drive into that rather than risk getting it wrong.
Given it's advanced age(a senior citizen in the technological world) the drive inside is undoubtedly IDE(or ATA but not SATA), ensure the enclosure you purchase to move the drive into supports IDE/ATA as most these days only support SATA given it's dominance over the past decade. Also given it has passed the point of expecting data loss(computer Alzheimer's), I would highly recommend purchasing a replacement at the same time and copying all of the relevant data to the newer drive as a precaution before retiring the old drive.
Hope this helps,
Chris