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Having hard time retrieving Laptop hard drive data rantr13 10-17-2006
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Posted by Ian Singer on October 17, 2006, 9:43 pm
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 rantr13@yahoo.com wrote:
>
> So I guess the "Master" - "Slave" thing isn't an issue.
> Because this was once a Master drive in a laptop.
> It seems like setting it up in a PC's IDE cable is making the drive a
> Slave drive rather than another Master.
>

If the HD in the PC is set on the Primary IDE channel and the laptop
hard drive is on the Secondary IDE channel then that means they are both
on separate cables and so master/slave is immaterial. If they are both
on the same cable then one has to be set as Master and the other as
SLAVE unless they are both set to autoselect.

Ian Singer


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Posted by rantr13 on October 17, 2006, 10:12 pm
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 What about trying this item here?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160025500940

Would it help me in any way different than the other methods I've
tried?

There's got to be something out there to solve this problem with?

I've even considered buying another one of the exact same laptop on
ebay and installing this hard drive in it instead.

Or buy an external hard drive, connect it to the PC then switch that
hard rive with the old laptop hard drive.

Or do those work on 40 (actually 39) pin adapters?

Seems like my only other alternative is to take a computer course on
how to work on computers.
And see if I can learn how myself.

Or pay a tech to teach me how.


Posted by Barry Watzman on October 17, 2006, 11:31 pm
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That's my favorite device, but no, it won't help you. It's
architecturally no different than the USB case. Just physically
different and more versatile (in ways that are irrelevant to your
current situation).


rantr13@yahoo.com wrote:

> What about trying this item here?
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160025500940
>
> Would it help me in any way different than the other methods I've
> tried?
>
> There's got to be something out there to solve this problem with?
>
> I've even considered buying another one of the exact same laptop on
> ebay and installing this hard drive in it instead.
>
> Or buy an external hard drive, connect it to the PC then switch that
> hard rive with the old laptop hard drive.
>
> Or do those work on 40 (actually 39) pin adapters?
>
> Seems like my only other alternative is to take a computer course on
> how to work on computers.
> And see if I can learn how myself.
>
> Or pay a tech to teach me how.
>

Posted by Barry Watzman on October 17, 2006, 11:32 pm
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Unfortunately, you don't have time to learn now. And neither could a
tech really teach you in a reasonable amount of time (or at a reasonable
cost, if he's being paid). Also, there is the possibility that the
drive is just dead, and that no one could get it to work ... e.g. you
might not be doing anything wrong.


rantr13@yahoo.com wrote:

> What about trying this item here?
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160025500940
>
> Would it help me in any way different than the other methods I've
> tried?
>
> There's got to be something out there to solve this problem with?
>
> I've even considered buying another one of the exact same laptop on
> ebay and installing this hard drive in it instead.
>
> Or buy an external hard drive, connect it to the PC then switch that
> hard rive with the old laptop hard drive.
>
> Or do those work on 40 (actually 39) pin adapters?
>
> Seems like my only other alternative is to take a computer course on
> how to work on computers.
> And see if I can learn how myself.
>
> Or pay a tech to teach me how.
>

Posted by Ian Singer on October 18, 2006, 12:25 am
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rantr13@yahoo.com wrote:

> What about trying this item here?
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160025500940

Effectively same as the external drive box you already tried. Waste of
money for what you need.

>
> There's got to be something out there to solve this problem with?

So when you have it plugged in on the IDE cable on Secondary channel its
not recognized at all. Do you know if drive is still good? Ship it off
to a volunteer in this newsgroup and if its still good they will pull of
your data.

> I've even considered buying another one of the exact same laptop on
> ebay and installing this hard drive in it instead.

What for. If PC cant see it then laptop won't.
>
> Or buy an external hard drive, connect it to the PC then switch that
> hard rive with the old laptop hard drive.

Doesn't make sense.
>
> Or do those work on 40 (actually 39) pin adapters?
>
> Or pay a tech to teach me how.
>

Mail it to me and if the drive is stil functional I will pull off all
your data and mail back to you on CDs. Will even take drive as payment.

Ian Singer

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