Usb To Sata Hard Drive Adapter I Set Up A USB SATA/IDE Adapter To My Hard Drive And I Heard It Whizz When I Powered It Up Does This Mean That

I set up a USB SATA/IDE adapter to my hard drive and I heard it whizz when I powered it up does this mean that - usb to sata hard drive adapter

the drive is still "alive" and I can recover my old data from it?