RE: FN-FORUM: Recovering data from a WinXP laptop HDD

date posted 8th January 2007 13:27

I'd try one of these connectors:

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=28724&doy=8m1&C=SEO&U=strat15


I've used them before to do exactly what you're doing; just make sure you
know where Pin 1 is on the laptop hard drive before connecting it up.

Phil

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Sent: 08 January 2007 14:02
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Subject: FN-FORUM: Recovering data from a WinXP laptop HDD


I am trying to recover some data from a WinXP laptop HDD. I do not
have a working compatible laptop to stick it in, so I got hold of a
USB IDE adaptor. When connected the hard drive seems to spin up fine,
and the USB device is detected OK, but the host Windows system does
not seem to be able "read" it; at this point it sounds like the drive
keeps "resetting".

If the drive is working, bearing in mind it is a WinXP boot drive,
should another WinXP system be able to access it in this way, or do I
need to use some special software?

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Regards,

David Nye

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