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old laptop hardrive
Name: jbemis Date: July 13, 2005 at 14:28:44 Pacific OS: XP CPU/Ram: P Mobile/512Mb
Comment:
I need data off an old Toshiba laptop HDD. The drive was the C: drive on a Dell laptop system running W2K. I tried placing the HDD in a USB enclosure but neither the controller and drive are visible. Rebooting the machine that they are linked too doesn't work either. Same message about a USB device not being valid or recognized. Any ideas to get the old drive working?
Name: nerdtv Date: July 13, 2005 at 14:41:22 Pacific
Reply:
Check your BIOS to make sure the USB is enabled.
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Response Number 2
Name: Pilot Date: July 13, 2005 at 16:30:46 Pacific
Reply:
You can get a cable adapter to convert from 2.5" to 3.5" and plug the drive into a desktop. You can find one at StarTech.com and the model number is IDE4044.
Bryan
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Response Number 3
Name: wizard-fred Date: July 14, 2005 at 00:27:29 Pacific
Reply:
You may also need a driver for your USB adapter to recognize your hard drive. That is probably the cause of the message. Did you USB adapter come with any software?
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