IDE HDD Recovery - USB Adapter

[Shox Dr]

ive a laptop with a load of data, and it wont boot up. I really really need the data off.

Its been suggested a buy a USB >IDE adapter.

Has anyone experience with using these?
What do i need to look out for?
Recommendations?

 

[awemawson]

Yes I have one I used to recover data from my laptop - just plugged it into my desktop and it saw the disk as an extra one. Need to make sure that the one you get matches the disk in your laptop. Alternatively can you get a 'repair disk' for the laptop to sort the boot issue out?

 

[eSCHEn]

Yes they work fine but as they're USB they're a bit slow.

Remember the 2.5" drives are a smaller connector than normal.

 

[Shox Dr]

I'd rather use one of these adapters if it will work, and look at the lappy later on.

 

[eSCHEn]

I fear to ask as it'll end up in another bun fight but what error are you getting Shox?

 

[Shox Dr]

Yes they work fine but as they're USB they're a bit slow.

Remember the 2.5" drives are a smaller connector than normal.

Theres not a lot on it. I really only need 3 excel files

 

[Shox Dr]

I fear to ask as it'll end up in another bun fight but what error are you getting Shox?

Can't remember tbh



No buns here, I'll gets the mods to keep it clean

 

[eSCHEn]

Okie doke mate, where you wanting to purchase from and I'll find one for you.

 

[Shox Dr]

Okie doke mate, where you wanting to purchase from and I'll find one for you.

Not bothered, just want it to work and not kill the drive. Preferably from within the UK

 

[eSCHEn]

http://www.ebuyer.com/79985-dynamode-caddy-for-2-5-ide-hard-drives-usb-hd2-5

Seven quid delivered on the cheap service.

 

[ukracer]

If you can take disk cover of lapoy and photo the connector it will make easier eshen to find a SATA or IDE connector for you.

The ones I used to buy always did both but last one I got from PC world was SATA only.

 

[eSCHEn]

Is it defo an IDE drive Shox? They haven't been common on models for about seven years.

 

[gaz1]

just use a live disk and send to a usb stick whilst plugged within laptop

if you have lost the operating system on the hard drive you can still access it that way

if not you have more problems with the hard drive

 

[Robotstar5]

I've been using one of these adapters for a few years and found them OK.

 

[blenkie1]

Got an Inateck one and you can plug IDE or SATA in. Uses USB 3.0

 

[Shox Dr]

The drive is a Fujitsu (2004/09) 60gb, with about 20gb on it

 

[gaz1]

shox do you have hirens boot cd or another live disk as the operating system is on bootable memory

its what i use to access the info on a failed hard drive thats lost its operating system stuff can be transfered off of it using a usb stick

yours is only small files but usb sticks can now take iso.s at above 4gb on them

the live disk gives access to the hard drive all you need to do is transfer it to what you need to do you can either burn it or transfer it via another device

even a linix live disk will give you access to it unless yours has hard ware problems but you can still see it

 

[Shox Dr]

No recovery s/w. Just a bust hdd

 

[awemawson]

If the hdd is truly bust, rather than having lost it's boot sector then you are up the river without a paddle

 

[gaz1]

depending on what live cd you use or get they have there own recovery software on the disc

the live cd just reads the hard drive like normal and therefore you can drag and drop it

if your quoting its hard ware issue only freezing the hard drive is an option quickly install grab the files you need and throw hard drive away

other than sending hard drive off to be done which costs money

ive already done most what ive said here it took all day to save most files off an 80gb hard drive by time id finished it was 24hrs total time spent on it

but yes i lost some files was expected

the option your on about is the same thing just via a caddy system instead dosnt mean your going to get a thing off the hard drive and youve spent money getting the part for the laptop hard drive

my advice get a live cd either linux or windows live cd both are the same try to read the hard drive and get the files that you want sometimes freezing the hard drive for a while will allow you to get onto the hard drive to get at the files and transfer them to another system

remember the live cd boots its own operating system from your laptop internal memory it dosnt access the hard drive at all and you boot it from your cd drive

heres the link if you want it

www.hirensbootcd.org/files/Hirens.BootCD.15.2.zip

ive tried it on my system its fine heres how to use it

just need to set your laptop to boot from cd first or use your f keys to boot from the cd drive