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Hard Drive Docking Station

  • 03-10-2012 1:11pm
    #1
    kassie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 364 ✭✭


    Anyone got any advice on a "hard drive dock"? My old laptop died, the power board is gone on it, and i want just to retrieve the photos from it, nothing else as i've since got a new laptop (i know i know, i can hear you say why hadn't i backed up to an external disc!!!), a computer shop wants €150+ to retrieve them but a cousin of mine says i could buy a hard drive docking station from ebay and i can do the job myself... is it as simple as just removing the hard-drive from the laptop, putting it on the dock and retrieving the photos via my new laptop???


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  • #2
    Torqay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,835 ✭✭✭Torqay


    Something like this?


  • #3
    Torqay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,835 ✭✭✭Torqay


    This universal USB > SATA/IDE adapter is is a lot cheaper.


  • #4
    kassie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 364 ✭✭kassie


    thanks Torqay, so is it just a matter of plugging in the hard drive to the lap top and extracting pics then?


  • #5
    the_syco
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,316 ✭✭✭✭the_syco


    Torqay wrote: »
    This universal USB > SATA/IDE adapter is is a lot cheaper.
    Bought one of these; the power supply build quaity is sh|te, and ended up dying within a week of me buying it.

    =-=

    The StarTech one looks nice. Maplins had one like that for £49 by a company called Sharkoon which a mate says works like a charm. It's on my "to get" list since the cheapo power supply died (the USB to 2.5 IDE cable works without power, though)

    JUST CHECKED the manufacture code on the StarTech website, and got this; http://www.startech.com/HDD/Docking/SATA-to-25in-or-35in-IDE-Hard-Drive-Adapter-for-HDD-Docks~SAT2IDEADP so not sure if it comes with the dock or not.


  • #6
    bonzodog2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,285 ✭✭✭bonzodog2


    Get Live Linux CD image, install to USB stick with YUMI, put old disk in new laptop, boot with YUMI stick, copy photos to another stick. Or make YUMI stick with 2 partitions, copy to 2nd partition.


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  • #7
    bluferbl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 171 ✭✭bluferbl


    Torqay wrote: »
    This universal USB > SATA/IDE adapter is is a lot cheaper.

    I've had one of those for a couple of years, used it many many times without any trouble. Very good buy for about €15 deilvered.


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