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Author: Stephen
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Subject: Re: Rescuing laptop HD
fi ti look slike an origonal sata connector it likely is...

On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 7:50 PM, Ryan Rix <> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I know the HDD is OK, it's just a matter of getting it hooked up to my
> desktop computer. Are there any USATA (i don't think that's really anything;
> it's just what is printed on the top of the drive) to standard SATA
> convertor cables so I can just plug the drive in as a slave and pull the
> data across...
>
> Sorry, a little confused and confusing atm ;)
> ~Ryan
>
> On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 7:47 PM, James Finstrom
> <> wrote:
>>
>> You may wanna give the guys at red seven computers a call they are
>> penguin friendly
>>
>> On 2/7/09, Lisa Kachold <> wrote:
>> >
>> > EGaD! This varies by manufacturer....
>> >
>> > Cannot post can be a variety of things:
>> >
>> > a) video card
>> > b) lcd
>> > c) power supply
>> >
>> > Google the following:
>> >
>> > 1) (drive specifications) + "drive data recovery"
>> >
>> > 2) (Laptop maker) + (version) + cannot post
>> >
>> > 3) (drive specifications) + SATA (or whatever your desktop card/bus is)
>> >
>> > Before you mess with it too much, you might have someone with a test
>> > bench &
>> > experience look at her?
>> >
>> >
>> > Also google for some extra parts or look at buying another one just like
>> > it
>> > off CL/EBay?
>> >
>> > It might be really cheap.
>> >
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>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2009 17:15:51 -0700
>> > Subject: Rescuing laptop HD
>> > From:
>> > To:
>> >
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > Thanks to a general hardware failure on my laptop, it refuses to even
>> > POST.
>> >
>> > I know that the HDD on it is still valid, because the problem was a
>> > cascading series of events (first LCD stopped working, then the wireless
>> > NIC, then the ethernet and finally it wouldn't post)
>> >
>> > I don't have another laptop to plug this drive (it says on the outside
>> > of
>> > the drive uSATA ro something like that) into, and what I want to know,
>> > is
>> > what kind of hardware do I need to plug it into a a standard SATA bay on
>> > my
>> > desktop so that I can get out the data (which, oopsmybad, is not backed
>> > up)
>> >
>> > --
>> > Thanks and best regards,
>> > Ryan Rix
>> > TamsPalm - The PalmOS Blog
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>> >
>> > Jasmine Bowden - Class of 2009, Marc Rasmussen - Class of 2008, Erica
>> > Sheffey - Class of 2009, Rest in peace.
>> >
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>
> --
> Thanks and best regards,
> Ryan Rix
> TamsPalm - The PalmOS Blog
> (623)-239-1103 <-- Grand Central, baby!
>
> Jasmine Bowden - Class of 2009, Marc Rasmussen - Class of 2008, Erica
> Sheffey - Class of 2009, Rest in peace.
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