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Alright first a bit of a back story.
I received a refurbished laptop that I used for alot of school work, and it started to have issues with it's power supply. After a few technical analyses, the problem couldn't be solved, and eventually it got to the point where my laptop is now a big paperweight.
My biggest concern with it is the contents of my Hard Drive, is there any way I can connect this to my desktop computer so I can retrieve the files from it?
Thanks in advance,
Dave.
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Posted 20 July 2007 - 01:44 PM
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Posted 20 July 2007 - 01:49 PM
Depending on your hardware involved, you can most likely get a cable adapter that will successfully hook up your laptop hard drive to the desktop motherboard.
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Posted 20 July 2007 - 02:01 PM
A colleague mentioned an external USB Chassis that could be used.
Is this possible?
Is this possible?
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Posted 20 July 2007 - 05:15 PM
Here is a practical, and cheap, solution. External 2.5" hard drive cases
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Posted 21 July 2007 - 05:10 PM
I just read this post. Do you mean that you can take an old hard drive, put it in the case and use it as an external drive?
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Posted 21 July 2007 - 05:23 PM
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why won't my laptop work?
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why won't my laptop work?
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Posted 21 July 2007 - 10:04 PM
If you look at that site you will find adapters that will allow you to install it inside of the computer also.
Notebook Hard Drive to Desktop Adapter (2.5" to 3.5")
Notebook Hard Drive to Desktop Adapter (2.5" to 3.5")
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