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Re: Need help recovering data from laptop



 Bill Horne wrote: 
> Thanks for reading this. 
> 
> I'm working on a laptop that won't start, and I'm trying to recover the 
> data from the hard drive. Since the machine appears dead, I assume it's 
> not a hard drive that's bad. 
> 
> The drive is a Hitachi Travelstar, Model # HTS541080G9AT00 ATA/IDE 80 GB 
> unit. 

There are some pretty inexpensive external drive cases at MicroCenter 
for 2.5" and 3.5" drives. They take IDE drives and support high-speed USB. 

Nathan 

> 
> If you have, or know where I can get, a test jig, adaptor, or other 
> method to attach this drive to another laptop and/or desktop so I can 
> get the data off it, please let me know. 
> 
> TIA. 
> 
> Bill Horne 
> 


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