Hi, On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 07:27:15AM -0400, sth wrote: >> I don't suppose anyone coming to the meeting tomorrow has a mini-IDE adapter >> they would be willing to lend me? Alternatively, does anyone know a decent >> place to pick one up? I somehow have 2 dead laptops with a bunch of data I'd >> like to salvage. > > I can't remember if this is the brand we have (pretty sure it is), but we've > found this to be amazingly useful: > > http://www.cyberguys.com/templates/SearchDetail.asp?productID=13779 > > It died after about 3 months' use, but at $25.00, we got our money's worth out > of it in the first, um, eight seconds, so no harm done, there.
I just tore open an external USB drive for this purpose. I was done with the disk, but the interface is still fine, of course. Combine that with a notebook HDD adapter, and you can get the files from your old laptop hard drive. -Forest -- Forest Bond http://www.alittletooquiet.net http://www.pytagsfs.org
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