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Title: getting stuff off a laptop hdd?
Post by: andy_e on August 15, 2008, 12:40:40 pm: My laptop merked itself recently and I need to recover a bit of stuff I'd saved on to it. I thought it was a standard IDE but it turns out it's smaller- what do I need to connect it to my desktop/can it be done/any other ideas? ta muchly.
Title: Re: getting stuff off a laptop hdd?
Post by: underground on August 15, 2008, 12:51:00 pm: Is it SATA then? You could try connecting it to a SATA cable on another computer and seeing if it picks it up. Failing that there are caddies you can buy for creating a portable HDD that would allow you to connect it via USB..
Title: Re: getting stuff off a laptop hdd?
Post by: GCW on August 15, 2008, 01:17:45 pm: S-ATA look like this:

(http://sierra-cables.com/SATA/Images/SATA-Signal-Cable-1.jpg)

If it's one of those you can just plug it into a S-ATA on your PC and run it as a secondary HDD.
Title: Re: getting stuff off a laptop hdd?
Post by: andy_e on August 15, 2008, 01:19:49 pm: No, it's like IDE but smaller (i.e. same number of pins)
Quote from: GCW on August 15, 2008, 01:17:45 pm
plug it into a S-ATA on your PC

If I had SATA on my PC, that is...
Title: Re: getting stuff off a laptop hdd?
Post by: GCW on August 15, 2008, 01:23:10 pm: Sounds like you may need one of these:

(http://www.maplin.co.uk/images/full/zv01.jpg)
Title: Re: getting stuff off a laptop hdd?
Post by: GCW on August 15, 2008, 01:29:45 pm: Sorry, that was bigger than I expected :lol:

Also forgot the link (http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?ModuleNo=28724&doy=search#features).
Title: Re: getting stuff off a laptop hdd?
Post by: underground on August 15, 2008, 01:39:57 pm: Quote from: underground on August 15, 2008, 12:51:00 pm
Failing that there are caddies you can buy for creating a portable HDD that would allow you to connect it via USB..

It's one of these andi.... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200245487831 (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200245487831) and you'll end up with a new portable hard drive to use then aswell...
Title: Re: getting stuff off a laptop hdd?
Post by: andy_e on August 15, 2008, 01:41:50 pm: Quote from: GCW on August 15, 2008, 01:23:10 pm
Sounds like you may need one of these:
No, that's a bog-stardard IDE, no?

Cheers underground!
Title: Re: getting stuff off a laptop hdd?
Post by: GCW on August 15, 2008, 01:54:08 pm: Or a non- e-bay (http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx?Quicklinx=543N&SearchType=1&SearchTerms=2+5+ide+enclosure&PageMode=3&SearchKey=All&SearchMode=All&NavigationKey=0) version.

That's a 2.5 to IDE converter. You'll see one end is smaller than the other and is 44 pin.
But if you trust your drive, get an enclosure and run it as a second HDD.
Title: Re: getting stuff off a laptop hdd?
Post by: underground on August 15, 2008, 01:59:43 pm: Don't worry I'm not selling it, it was just the cheapest Google hit - 3 quid rather than 16 quid
Title: Re: getting stuff off a laptop hdd?
Post by: GCW on August 15, 2008, 02:02:02 pm: Nah, more for people like myself that have a pathological fear of using e-bay :lol:
Title: Re: getting stuff off a laptop hdd?
Post by: nik at work on August 15, 2008, 02:06:15 pm: I've got a universal hard-drive to USB adaptor.
It's got IDE, little laptop IDE and sata to USB.
Basically plug your HDD into the appropriate do-dah then plug the USB end into another computer and you can read the HD as a memory stick type whatnot.
You can borrow it if you want if you can work out a way of getting hold of it...
Title: Re: getting stuff off a laptop hdd?
Post by: andy_e on August 15, 2008, 03:45:43 pm: come to longridge later then...
Title: Re: getting stuff off a laptop hdd?
Post by: nik at work on August 16, 2008, 07:55:30 am: I did you bone idle student waster.