ste riley Posted October 15, 2009 Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 Hi, I have an external hard drive that the usb connection has broken on the case, i have only a laptop pc so how can i get the info of the hard disk on to my laptop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turk90210 Posted October 15, 2009 Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 Having never seen an external hard drive but can it not be opened up to get access to the drive itself, am thinking out loud here as have seen hard drive caddies where you put a hard drive in. If so I think you can buy adapters from maplins How badly broken is the usb connection could you not make something up to get it connected on a temp basis to get your info/data off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ste riley Posted October 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2009 Having never seen an external hard drive but can it not be opened up to get access to the drive itself, am thinking out loud here as have seen hard drive caddies where you put a hard drive in. If so I think you can buy adapters from maplins How badly broken is the usb connection could you not make something up to get it connected on a temp basis to get your info/data offThanks I will try maplins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big_kev Posted October 16, 2009 Report Share Posted October 16, 2009 Make sure you know whether the hard drive is SATA or PATA as this will determine the replacement case you require. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Dingo Posted April 30, 2010 Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 Before you buy from Maplins, check out prices at www.ebuyer.co.uk or www.novatech.com.Maplins is VERY expensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big_kev Posted April 30, 2010 Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 Hey Dingo ! This is the year 2010 ........ Why are you answering questions from 2009 ? ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrispb123456 Posted April 30, 2010 Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 He's just building up his posts ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big_kev Posted April 30, 2010 Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 He's just building up his posts I thought that at first....and then I thought... No .......he's just a nutter ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregers Posted April 30, 2010 Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 nah his bios battery needs changing,HES STUCK IN 2009. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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