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retrieve photos on busted hard drive

gerry5 · 2010-02-09 23:09:12

hi i spilled coffee on my laptop and hard drive was broken, replaced hard drive and eventually got it working. is there anyway i can retrieve photos from faulty hard drive cheers

09-02-2010 11:09pm

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gerry5

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hi
i spilled coffee on my laptop and hard drive was broken, replaced hard drive and eventually got it working. is there anyway i can retrieve photos from faulty hard drive
cheers

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#2 10-02-2010 12:03am

ejmaztec

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You can try something like this if there's any life left in the drive..

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/USB-2-0-TO-SATA-IDE-CABLE-POWER-ADAPTER-SERIAL-ATA-HDD_W0QQitemZ270478101624QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Computing_CablesConnectors_RL?hash=item3ef9c04c78

or try a usb drive caddy, fit the drive, and see if you can "wake" it up.

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#3 10-02-2010 11:21am

MarkR

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Gerry - I have a usb hard drive caddy for a sata laptop drive if you want to borrow it. I'm working out near UL.

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#4 10-02-2010 8:11pm

gerry5

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mark
my son lives near superquinn out there if you send a pm i give you his phone no and i will own you one
regards
gerry5

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