Laptop Hard drive

sunny007 · 15 Nov 2011 at 21:46

I'v got a laptop which doesn't boot in to windows, on the hard drive I have got some data which I need to take out.

I was thinking to take out the hard drive and put it on a caddy and connect it to my desktop so I can transfer the data ?

Can that be done?

RJC · 15 Nov 2011 at 21:48

Yes, done this on many occasions.

andy_mk3 · 15 Nov 2011 at 21:50

Yes it can. If it's SATA then the connectors are identical to desktop ones. If it's IDE then you'll need some sort of adapter, IDE to USB works well.

sunny007 · 15 Nov 2011 at 21:51

RJC said:
Yes, done this on many accessions.

andy_mk3 said:
Yes it can. If it's SATA then the connectors are identical to desktop ones. If it's IDE then you'll need some sort of adapter, IDE to USB works well.

Cool ! Thanks Guys !

Recommend any caddy's ?

Do you need any special software ?

RJC · 15 Nov 2011 at 21:53

Ah, bloody auto correct got it completely wrong!!

Do you know what connections the drive has?

Edit: I tend to jury-rig the drive with a SATA lead from the PSU and spare data cable going to the motherboard, windows should detect the drive and allow you to search.

sunny007 · 15 Nov 2011 at 22:00

160 GB - Serial ATA

So connect the SATA to the mobo and a power cable from the psu to the hard drive ?

RJC · 15 Nov 2011 at 22:05

sunny007 said:
160 GB - Serial ATA

So connect the SATA to the mobo and a power cable from the psu to the hard drive ?

yep

But during boot you might to double check the boot sequence, as my board likes to boot from new drives time to time.

sunny007 · 16 Nov 2011 at 09:37

RJC said:
yep

But during boot you might to double check the boot sequence, as my board likes to boot from new drives time to time.

Thanks for your help !