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Get stuff off a laptop harddrive???

  • 07-12-2009 9:26pm
    #1
    ibFoxer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,464 ✭✭✭


    Hi guys, wondering if anyone can help me.

    My laptop went to the great clouds recentley, and iwas abkle to get my hard drive back. The question is, how do i get my music, pics and movies etc off this hard drive onto a desktop one for example??

    I have just the hard drive, no enclosure or power source or anything....

    Cheers


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  • #2
    Duggy747
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,295 ✭✭✭✭Duggy747


    2 ways you can do this:

    1 - Give it to a computer shop and they'll copy your stuff to a DVD(s) Some may rip you off.

    or

    2 - Get your hands on something like this:
    sata-2-hard-drive-adapter-usb2.jpg

    You plug your hdd into it, conect it via USB and it'll be seen as a Removable Disk Drive (Like plugging in yer memory stick.)


  • #3
    ibFoxer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,464 ✭✭✭ibFoxer


    Oh.... any idea what one of those gidgets is called??


  • #4
    dwayman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 57 ✭✭dwayman


    google: laptop Hard drive usb adaptor

    http://www.amazon.com/Apricorn-Drivewire-Universal-Adapter-2-5IN/dp/B000QY9KIS#moreAboutThisProduct


  • #5
    budgemook
    Registered Users Posts: 3,877 ✭✭✭budgemook


    would a case not be a better option? Then it would be just like a portable usb hard drive. Nice and sturdy/portable?


  • #6
    gamer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,227 ✭✭✭gamer


    OLDER PCS use IDE drives ,if laptop is dual core the drive is sata.
    Buy a usb SATA drive caddy 25euro.Peats or maplins.
    PUT some tape on the pcb circuit board to stop pcb short circuiting on the metal case.
    Google sata interface picture ,ide interface pic if you are not sure.Do not touch the hd circuit board.


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  • #7
    Dublin_Gunner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,692 ✭✭✭Dublin_Gunner


    Or, without buying anything apart from an SATA cable (if you dont have one), just open your case and plug it in.

    It will show up as an extra drive in Windows Explorer.

    Your Power Supply inside your PC if its relatively modern (i.e. within the last 3 years or so) should have a spare SATA power connector. You'll have to have a spare SATA data cable to connect it to your motherboard - very simple to do.

    In this article, you will see what an SATA connector looks like, and the cable (easily distinguishable from IDE - IDE cable is a wide flat ribbon cable and connector, around 2.5" wide).
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_ATA


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