Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie
Hi there,
There is an issue with role permissions that is being worked on at the moment.
If you are having trouble with access or permissions on regional forums please post here to get access: https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058365403/you-do-not-have-permission-for-that#latest

gettin files off broken aptop

  • 17-04-2008 9:45am
    #1
    j22
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 192 ✭✭


    My laptop gave up last summer and there is a lot of stuff on it that I would like to take of the hard drive. Im just wondering how I would do this.

    Is there anyway of taking the hard drive out of my old laptop and running it like an external hard drive on my new laptop.

    Any advise would be much appreciated as I have a lot of photos and videos that I would like to reteive.

    Thanks in advance.


Comments

  • #2
    i71jskz5xu42pb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,806 ✭✭✭i71jskz5xu42pb


    j22 wrote: »
    Is there anyway of taking the hard drive out of my old laptop and running it like an external hard drive on my new laptop.
    Yes, buy your self and external hard drive enclosure (~€30) and you will be good to go.
    j22 wrote: »
    Any advise would be much appreciated as I have a lot of photos and videos that I would like to reteive.
    A nod is as good as wink ...


  • #3
    j22
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 192 ✭✭j22


    Is there any particular type. Does it matter what type of laptop it is?


  • #4
    i71jskz5xu42pb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,806 ✭✭✭i71jskz5xu42pb


    Your drive should be a 2.5". It'll either be SATA or IDE - a lot of enclosures will support both.
    Take the latop apart and take the drive into a computer shop they can advise


  • #5
    Overheal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,729 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    HDD is very accessible in most if not all laptops. It should be under panel engraved with an icon that looks like either 3 stacked discs or a disc enclosed by a square. PMan is otherwise bang on.

    You can identify yourself wether it is a SATA or IDE interface with a quick search on wikipeda: the IDE will have quite a few exposed pins; the SATA will be a quite small connector: smaller than USB Standard.


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


    you can get usb to 2.5 cable, slightly cheaper than enclosure, i presume its ide hd,if its sata you,ll need usb to sata cable,or usb sata enclosure.theres usb to sat/ide cables too. post model no eg sony viao 220lx.google upgrading / insert your laptop name model/ hard drive.


  • Advertisement
  • #7
    Nforce
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,924 ✭✭✭Nforce


    If it's a sata drive you can bang it straight into a desktop....providing that the desktop has a free sata and power connection? :)


Advertisement