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My IBM T41 thinkpad died a while back from the common video chip failure and so i cant even use an external screen.
the hard drive is a ThinkPad 40GB High Speed 5400RPM ATA/100 EIDE 2.5-inch hard disk drive.
Can i just use something as simple as this to plug the drive in to my desktop and retrieve the contents?
[url= http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Sumvision-25-USB20-(E844)-Enclosure-Black-For-IDE-Hard-Disk-Drives ]Drive bay thingy[/url]
Just want to check as all the enclosures say they are SATA / SATA150 etc and the drive says it ATA and i cant find an enclosure that's just ATA100?
Anyone save me from my befuddledment?
cheers J
hi
have a look on maplin. then you be able to retrieve files
Maplin.com?
Thats doesnt really make it clearer tbh & they seem much more expensive?
Do I just need an IDE bay like the one in the link even though its an 'enhanced' IDE drive (E-IDE)?
Ta
As above, Maplin sell one or they are a few quid from china via ebay if you can wait a week... Or if you are near bristol I can lend you one.
Edit, missed you link... that'll work fine I think
ARG!
The question is do I just need an IDE one like in the link above? There's still about 20 different ones on the maplins site im just trying to work out what type i need IDE/SATA/pATA etc?
it'll say on the drive itself which type it is.
IDE/EIDE. The one in your link should be fine
Assuming it looks like this:
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Either this
http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=28724
which is to connect it to a internal ide cable
OR
the other option is more expensive