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Data from damaged machine Guy Kornetzki 11-03-2005
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Posted by Notan on November 3, 2005, 12:07 pm
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 "Peter T. Breuer" wrote:
>
> > "Peter T. Breuer" wrote:
> >>
> >> > Can I access data from a Hard-Drive when the laptop can't seem to boot up?
> >>
> >> Sure. Put the disk in another machine.
>
> > Unless a hard drive password has been set.
>
> Then use the password, bro.

Huh?

My point was, if it's the hard drive password that's preventing boot up,
moving the hard drive to another machine still won't allow access to it.

Notan


Posted by Peter T. Breuer on November 3, 2005, 8:20 pm
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> "Peter T. Breuer" wrote:
>> > "Peter T. Breuer" wrote:
>> >> > Can I access data from a Hard-Drive when the laptop can't seem to boot
up?
>> >> Sure. Put the disk in another machine.
>>
>> > Unless a hard drive password has been set.
>>
>> Then use the password, bro.

> Huh?

> My point was, if it's the hard drive password that's preventing boot up,
> moving the hard drive to another machine still won't allow access to it.

The point remains - his password, he gets to use it (and he can use it
on whichever machine he likes).


Peter


Posted by Guy Kornetzki on November 4, 2005, 2:16 am
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Gentleman, let's not fight about this :)

Tell me more about this cable option: will I need a special software to read
the Hard-Drive on another computer (another laptop in this case), or will it
just appear as a second Hard-Drive I can Explore?

Thanks for all the replies by the way.

~ ~ ~
GuyKo.

PS: Just for the record - I'm helping a friend, it's not my laptop; so if
there is a password - I don't know it. ;)

> > "Peter T. Breuer" wrote:
> >> > "Peter T. Breuer" wrote:
> >> >> > Can I access data from a Hard-Drive when the laptop can't seem to
boot up?
> >> >> Sure. Put the disk in another machine.
> >>
> >> > Unless a hard drive password has been set.
> >>
> >> Then use the password, bro.
>
> > Huh?
>
> > My point was, if it's the hard drive password that's preventing boot up,
> > moving the hard drive to another machine still won't allow access to it.
>
> The point remains - his password, he gets to use it (and he can use it
> on whichever machine he likes).
>
>
> Peter




Posted by Joel Kolstad on November 3, 2005, 6:22 pm
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> Tell me more about this cable option: will I need a special software to read
> the Hard-Drive on another computer (another laptop in this case), or will it
> just appear as a second Hard-Drive I can Explore?

It'll just show up as a second hard drive in Explorer. At least if the
operating on your working laptop understands the file system on the hard
drive. I.e., you can't use Windows 95 to read an NTFS formatted drive that
might have come from a Windows XP machine.

Note that most all laptops only have one hard drive connection, so investing
in one of those USB->IDE converters might make good sense. Actually, I'd
suggest doing this with a desktop machine if possible -- you'll need an
adapter cable because the laptop hard drives (2.5", I'm assuming -- 1.8" gets
much trickier) use a smaller connector than a regular desktop (3.5") hard
drive does.

---Joel Kolstad




Posted by Peter T. Breuer on November 4, 2005, 9:24 am
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> Tell me more about this cable option: will I need a special software to read
> the Hard-Drive on another computer

No. Computers don't need special software to read hard drives - they
already have it, and it is called "an IDE controller driver" and
"a type-X file system driver".

> (another laptop in this case), or will it
> just appear as a second Hard-Drive I can Explore?

It will appear as the one and only hard-drive, since laptops do not
have room internally for physically putting two hard drives in there,
and so you will have to take the other one out first.

Why not put it on a desktop? You can get a $10 cable-adapter. Desktops
at least have the cables for more!

Or are you thinking that you can put two drives on the same cable in
the laptop? The cable is not accessible, usually, just the end-socket,
and the pin-adapter on the laptop hd usually configures the disk fr
slave or cable-select or smething you have no control over.


Peter


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