marklawton
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Registered: 24th Apr 05
Location: Pensby, Wirral Drives:Golf mk4 GTI
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ive got an old computer, basically when it starts up, it turns it self off after a few seconds.
is the a way i can take the hard drive out and some how plug it into my laptop to see if i can transfer all my old pictures etc?
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andy1868
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Registered: 22nd Jun 06
Location: Burscough, Lancashire
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yep, you just need something called a hard drive caddy. you need to take the old hard drive out of the computer and have a look at the connectors and decide which kind you need to buy as there are different fittings. There is the older IDE fitment and the newer SATA fitment as per this picture
then simply plug it all in and you can transfer it all over a USB cable into your laptop, baddaboom
alternatively, do you have access to another PC? providing there are spare ports and power cables in the second machine, you could just plug it in as a second drive then copy it to the second machine, then obviously over to the laptop. Abit of a ballache way but wouldn't need to buy a caddy
[Edited on 05-02-2013 by andy1868]
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marklawton
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awesome replay andy, just what i wanted. ill check it out and order the correct caddy? are they expensive?
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Ian W
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If you don't want the hassle mark I can do this for you for a small fee 
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andy1868
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not really, the cheap ones can be had for about a tenner on ebay. I've never used a cheap one so don't hold me to that. The one we have at work is a dearer one with multiple fitments etc but you shouldn't need to worry about that.
The other thing to make sure is that you buy a 3.5" one if its coming out of a PC (a proper desktop) as oppose to a 2.5" one that takes hard drives from a laptop.
The other thing to take into account is that you could use it as an external drive as a backup for anything that you might need in the future!
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marklawton
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orded one off ebay last night for £6. worth the gamble at that price so ill see how i get on.
cheers Ian but iam sure ive got stuff on there that i dont want others seeing lol
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Brett
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quote:
Originally posted by Ian W
If you don't want the hassle mark I can do this for you for a small fee
Small fee plus stolen pics of his mrs that'll end up in Premium lounge 
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marklawton
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quote:
Originally posted by Brett
quote:
Originally posted by Ian W
If you don't want the hassle mark I can do this for you for a small fee
Small fee plus stolen pics of his mrs that'll end up in Premium lounge
all ex`s now lol
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Ian W
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quote:
Originally posted by marklawton
orded one off ebay last night for £6. worth the gamble at that price so ill see how i get on.
cheers Ian but iam sure ive got stuff on there that i dont want others seeing lol
No worries
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Jay
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Registered: 26th Sep 04
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This is what problem I'm having with mine, il buy one of them myself!
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