LAPTOP HAS DIED.......R.I.P.

amulet · 19-03-2009 10:02PM #1

SO my laptop has died and i know that its due to the power thingy being damaged. so now i cant power it up to charge the battery or to transfer data off hard drive. if i take out the hard drive what type of adapter thing do i need to hook it up to my new computer? the hard drive has about 40+ little pins in it so how do i power it up and get the data off ? any ideas please?

Alanstrainor · 20-03-2009 12:29AM

What's the make and model of the laptop?

Capt'n Midnight · 20-03-2009 02:26AM

44 pins and a block of 4 too

borrow a power adaptor form someone withthe same type of laptop

or get a 2.5" USB ATA or IDE enclosure
or a 3.5 to 2.5 IDE adaptor

the new laptop probably has a SATA drive which uses a different connector ,

ttm · 20-03-2009 02:05PM

What your looking for is this......

http://cgi.ebay.ie/USB-2-0-To-IDE-HDD-Adapter-2-5-3-5-Connector-Cable-C6_W0QQitemZ250320895848

.... I'm not recomending that eBayer or anything but even if they don't deliver 3euro isn't a big loss

but do allow at least 2 weeks (often takes 3) for stuff from Hong Kong.

For a laptop IDE drive you don't even need a power connecter its all in the 44 pin block.

Kintarō Hattori · 20-03-2009 02:09PM

When you say the power thingy being damaged do you mean the socket on the laptop or the power supply?

x in the city · 20-03-2009 11:27PM

Just buy an external HDD, swipe out the drive and insert yours....> then hook this up to another pc via the usb 2.0

Most use sata interfaces, well the ones I had anyway.

LAPTOP HAS DIED.......R.I.P.

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