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Fawbish
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PostPosted: 14:31 - 22 Sep 2008    Post subject: Laptops fucked, anyway of saving my hard-drive? Reply with quote

Alright guys, my laptops fubared

Had it a year and a half, used constantly, and now, it starts up, gets to a certain point in start-up and then just dies, constantly.

I really dont have the money to get it looked at properly, as I know it will be silly expensive just to get it looked at, let alone fixed.

Is there any way I can get all the stuff off my hard-drive? had a lot of family pictures etc that are on there Thumbs Down Sad

Id rather invest in this method than fixing the laptop as there is a shared desktop i can use at the moment.

Any help appreciated people, cheers
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PostPosted: 14:32 - 22 Sep 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote

USB Hard drive caddy. Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 14:33 - 22 Sep 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote

Right, thankyou good sir, Im off to have a chat with mr google Laughing
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PostPosted: 14:34 - 22 Sep 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote

Does your laptop have to be on for them to work? I assume not? Excuse my n00b questions.

I feel so inadequate in this part of the forum Laughing
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PostPosted: 14:36 - 22 Sep 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote

All you need to do is revove the HDD from the laptop, put it in the caddy and plug it into another PC. you will then get another drive appear in my computer.
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PostPosted: 14:37 - 22 Sep 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote

AAAAAH. That sounds excellent.


Im sure getting the hard-drive out of my current laptop wont be too hard.






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PostPosted: 14:38 - 22 Sep 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote

Fawbish wrote:

Im sure getting the hard-drive out of my current laptop wont be too hard.


1 or 2 screws if your lucky.
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PostPosted: 14:42 - 22 Sep 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ive just stumbled across something.

Apparently, Toshibas are rather renowned for clogged heatsinks.

I'll have a look i think, cant do any harm, my symptoms appear very similar. If this fixes it I will just pee all over myself. Lovely.
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PostPosted: 14:45 - 22 Sep 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote

Fawbish wrote:
...Im sure getting the hard-drive out of my current laptop wont be too hard...

Turn laptop over and look at the symbols on the back. If you're lucky you'll have some indicating RAM and Hard drive. Just remove the screws associated with these.

However, some laptops hide them under odd covers. I know IMB thinkpads you remove the side USB/audio cover and the hard drive slides out from there.

Best google your laptop make/model and you'll come up with something useful.

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PostPosted: 15:21 - 22 Sep 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote

Cheers guys, very much appreciated.
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PostPosted: 15:41 - 22 Sep 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote

If you go down the route of pulling the HDD out it’s worth checking if the disk is SATA or parallel. The caddies are different.

Or you could just pick up one of these which covers all the options including desktop drives.
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PostPosted: 23:34 - 22 Sep 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote

Serendipity wrote:
If you go down the route of pulling the HDD out it’s worth checking if the disk is SATA or parallel. The caddies are different.

Or you could just pick up one of these which covers all the options including desktop drives.


I bought one of these a while ago although I paid £25 for mine from maplins, still that is some of the best money I ever spent. It can run a SATA and IDE drive at the same time.

If you need to find when the Hdd is start it up and feel where it is spinning by the vibration.
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