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Laptop hard drive data transfer?

Hello all, I need a component to transfer data from this HDD,

http://sdd.toshiba.com/main.aspx?Path=StorageSolutions/2.5-inchHardDiskDrives/MK1646GSX

to another PC. Via a USB would be great, what component should I be looking for on Ebay?

Chris, November 2009

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I would love to offer help but I don't know...

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There seems to be two laptops - one with a good OS on the disk and one with no OS - can you be trying to image good disk to bad disk using the bad disk as a slave (second disk) of the good machine?

Confused of Reading

Peccavi, November 2009

Ah ok, I don't think I've put across my problem correctly.

I bought a couple of 2.5 IDE/SATA to USB cables from Ebay, the problem is with the connection of my specific laptop HDD. Basically, the hard drive models connection isn't a standard 2.5 laptop drive connection.

From the HDD description, the connection is SATA-300, and I can't find any adaptors for it.

Chris, November 2009

Hi Chris, there are loads of IDE to USB leads on Ebay £8~12 just enter ide to usb in the search box, but with no operating system on the laptop I can't see you being able to transfer the data, unless from the bios you can get the laptop to boot from the old hdd and then copy your old hdd onto the laptops hdd

nigel, November 2009

Thanks Nigel, although that's a little more than I'd hope to pay!

Peccavi, the problem I have is my operating system install messed up, so I didn't think USB to USB transfer would work, as the laptop has no OS in its current form.

Chris, November 2009

http://labnol.blogspot.com/2007/01/transfer-files-from-one-windows.html

Peccavi, November 2009

Hi Chris, Maplins sell the lead you need "IDE/SATA to USB" £24.99 part no A35FQ

nigel, November 2009

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