You could search amazon or newegg or even Bestbuy for external hard drive enclosures. That would let you access the data on the drive and continue to use it for backup. Most hard drives are increasingly prone to failure after 3 years. I would not advise leaving anything on the drive that you do not want to lose. John
On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 11:33 AM, Bob in Jersey <bob.in.jer...@juno.com>wrote: > Well, little bro said he doesn't have the proper connections to mate > the old HDD to some other machine. He's apt to complain bitterly that > his day job doesn't enable him to do geeky stuff anymore, and that the > rest of the family are all ____ing tightwads. (No comment.) > > Dad then went back to the BBY, where a Geek Squad tech quoted him a > typically-steep price for labour. My next idea is to ask our ISP, > which also has sales and service departments; the fact that we've > gotten our connectivity from them could lead to some kind of deal. > > Failing that, aren't there connectors that enable one end of the drive > to be plugged in as if it were inside a computer case, but the other > end is a USB plug that goes into any current machine? > > > > -- > BOB > > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
