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Title: hardrive question
Post by: Richie London on 15 March 2011, 14:51:51

i have taken the hardrive out of my laptop. so how do i retreave all the files from it and put them on my pc???

Title: Re: hardrive question
Post by: Jimbob on 15 March 2011, 14:55:20

you will need to get somesort of  adaptor - either 2.5" to 3.5" ide and do it all internally, or a multi ide to USB adaptor would allow you to plug them into any usb port.

(assuming your harddrive is IDE, if it is SATA, then you would need SATA eqivalent)

take it to your local maplin or similar if your not sure, they will identify it and sell you the relavent adaptor.

Title: Re: hardrive question
Post by: aaronjb on 15 March 2011, 14:58:25

Is it SATA or ATA?

You can get external 'caddies' for both drive interfaces, just plug it in to the USB port and you're away.

Title: Re: hardrive question
Post by: Richie London on 15 March 2011, 15:08:26

thank you very much.
have about 10gb of music i want to get off there. and the odd film or two ::)  ;)

Title: Re: hardrive question
Post by: aaronjb on 15 March 2011, 15:20:51

You can get external caddies that you just drop the drive into if it's SATA: http://www.maplin.co.uk/sata-hard-drive-usb-docking-station-222999

To tell the difference - IDE drives will have two rows of pins on the end (40 pins, IIRC, or it might be 44 on 2.5" drives) while SATA drives have two flat 'blade like' connectors on the end, one narrow and one wide.

Maplin also list an IDE caddy, but it's unclear whether it fits 2.5" IDE drives or just 3.5".

Title: Re: hardrive question
Post by: Richie London on 15 March 2011, 15:31:54

i have 2 long rows with  47 pins on

Title: Re: hardrive question
Post by: o-meg-a on 15 March 2011, 16:19:12

I have an adaptor you can borrow/buy.
PM me

Title: Re: hardrive question
Post by: Richie London on 15 March 2011, 16:26:52

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I have an adaptor you can borrow/buy.
PM me

thank you.
my son is gonna bring one home from college on friday. just have to get the pc out the loft noe and set  it all up

Title: Re: hardrive question
Post by: aaronjb on 15 March 2011, 16:32:21

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i have 2 long rows with  47 pins on

IDE, then :) If your son doesn't get one for you, I have an old external IDE caddy you can have  :y

Title: Re: hardrive question
Post by: Richie London on 15 March 2011, 18:31:34

cheers. you know what kids are like. every favour has its price  :( ;D