How do I save a disk image of my laptop hard drive?

[Carlos Macedo Gomes]

On 4/5/07, Mark Phillips <mark at phillipsmarketing.biz> wrote:
> On Thursday 05 April 2007 12:38, Alan Dayley wrote:
> > I'll ask the obvious question and then get out of the way: Can you
> > remove the hard drive from the laptop? If so, it's not difficult to
> > attach it temporarily to another computer and image it.
>
> I like the idea....but the connectors for power and such are not compatible
> with my old PIII tower. I guess I could go hunting for some patch cables....

FYI and maybe OT -- For about $15 you can get an external
USB<->IDE/SATA connector at Fry's and possibly other shops.  It
includes power via USB or standard house AC.  I use similar tools
regularly for imaging drives as part of drive forensics work.  It's
handy for emergency backups or scavening data off failed machines too.

ymmv,
C.G.

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