Get data off a laptop hard drive

[!TIMMY!]

lo all,

Right, my girlfriend has an old laptop that will not power on at all. We changed the battery but it seems that something went wrong inside and i do not know much about laptops. So she got a new one, but wants the data (pics etc) off the old hard drive.

Whats the best way to get this data? Is there a cable that I can connect the laptop hard drive to my desktop via IDE/Sata if I take it out of the laptop?

 

[Toxcity]

Something like this: http://www.datapro.net/products/laptop-ide-hard-drive-adaptor.html

 

[outrunner]

If the laptop drive is a IDE drive then you will need to get a 2.5 to 3.5 converter cable. If it is a SATA drive you can connect it using the standard SATA power and data cables in your PC

 

[nathan]

certainly they best way to go about things is what the guys above said.

 

[!TIMMY!]

Thanks all, will get one of these off ebay and rip out the laptop hard drive. My gf will be very happy to get all her pics etc back!

 

[Rastalovich]

Little gadgety things are great, I`ve gone the whole hog and got a 38 pin to 40 pin thingy, and an ide to sata - so whatever comes out of the laptops I can sata them.

Good job cos the work pcs don`t use ide anymore >.<

 

[nathan]

Little gadgety things are great, I`ve gone the whole hog and got a 38 pin to 40 pin thingy, and an ide to sata - so whatever comes out of the laptops I can sata them.

Good job cos the work pcs don`t use ide anymore >.<

We've been finding this with fujitsu siemens desktops, what annoys me even more is the lack of PS2 ports. I want them back!!

 

[Rastalovich]

lol ya, it`s all well and good until u`r mobo/pc has an issue and u have to resort to old skool messing about.