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PATA Laptop Hard Drive Help
Posted: 2008-09-26 02:13pm
by Glimmervoid
I have a Pata Hitachi Travelstar Hard drive from my old laptop (which went on fire), my new lap top dose not use the same connection however. Dose anyone have any idea how I can get files off it?
Posted: 2008-09-26 02:43pm
by General Zod
Get a hard drive enclosure for your type of drive?
Posted: 2008-09-28 12:44pm
by Braedley
Plug it into a desktop? Although I do like the enclosure route myself.
Posted: 2008-09-28 01:19pm
by DaveJB
Plugging it into a desktop's not really a great idea - it can be done with an adaptor, but PATA laptop drives use an unkeyed single plug for both power and data connections - get that connector upside down, and the drive's going to be as burnt up as the laptop it originally lived in. A USB enclosure on the other hand is usually designed so that the drive will only slot in the correct way, so it's probably the best way to go here.
Posted: 2008-09-28 01:24pm
by Ariphaos
DaveJB wrote:Plugging it into a desktop's not really a great idea - it can be done with an adaptor, but PATA laptop drives use an unkeyed single plug for both power and data connections - get that connector upside down, and the drive's going to be as burnt up as the laptop it originally lived in. A USB enclosure on the other hand is usually designed so that the drive will only slot in the correct way, so it's probably the best way to go here.
The adapter takes care of that by using the HD's key. At least my adapter does - it's one solid block.