Re: Need help recovering data from laptop

["Tom Metro-12" <user=71@nabble.blu.org>]

 Bill Horne wrote: 
> The drive is a Hitachi Travelstar, Model # HTS541080G9AT00 ATA/IDE 80 GB 
> unit. 
> 
> If you have, or know where I can get, a test jig, adaptor, or other 
> method to attach this drive to another laptop and/or desktop so I can 
> get the data off it, please let me know. 

Most sizable online computer parts retailers carry the 2.5" drive to 
3.5" drive IDE adapters. I think you can get these locally at Micro 
Center. This will allow you to attach the drive to a desktop internally. 

For a few dollars more you can get an external enclosure for a 2.5" 
drive with a USB interface. These are pretty easy to find for around 
$20, and sometimes under $10. 

If this is something you do often, this multi-interface drive dock might 
be a good option: 
http://www.mwave.com/mwave/Skusearch.hmx?scriteria=BA24829

These let you use 2.5" and 3.5" SATA drives as a sort of data cartridge. 
That one is for SATA drives, but there's a version for IDE drives too. 

Or one of these multi-drive-interface to USB adapter cables: 
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812189169

I recently used one of these to clone a laptop to an identical 2.5" 
drive using Clonezilla. That way if the internal drive fails, its a 
simple matter to swap to the backup. 

  -Tom 

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