Laptop Data Recovery? 33
Unhappy Camper asks: "I had a Presario 1800 laptop go bad. A couple of months out of the 1 yr warranty. The local Compaq approved repair shop blames a bad power connection at system board. Their proposed solution: $1500 replacement system board. I could replace the laptop for less. What are my options to recover data off of the functional hard drive? The computer works, but it doesn't get a charge from the battery or a wall outlet. Does anyone know of a $200 rig to allow me to connect it to a desktop IDE controller/USB slot/whatever?"
Just go buy an adapter (Score:2, Informative)
OTOH: If you want to spend $200, I've got one available.
How about $12.00 dollars... (Score:5, Informative)
Re:How about $12.00 dollars... (Score:4, Informative)
Regarding the broken laptop system board, I'd see if somebody could repair it (somebody who actually knows how to use a soldering iron, not one of these swap-out-the-board-depot monkeys (no offense)). Unless the circuit board itself is broken, it's probably salvegable. (And even then, with a little bailing wire and luck.) If it was me, I'd already have the soldering iron warming up, but then I do have a rather hands on approach.
Another source (Score:3, Informative)
http://www.compgeeks.com/details.asp?invtid=HD-
Don't forget! (Score:3, Informative)
Most everyone and his brother is recommending that you use a simple IDE adapter. Do this.
:) If you're not wanting to fix that laptop, I can bet that someone will. Please, for the rest of us that love to play with "dead" electronics, sell this baby to someone that could get some use out of it. Or, if you prefer, try and fix it yourself. I'm sure you could get some help from those of us here on /. :)
Once that's done, SELL YOUR FRIGGIN' LAPTOP! I'm not kidding here. Put the thing on E-Bay for $50 to start; say what's wrong and don't offer any guarantee
Re:Don't forget! (Score:2)
12$ Solution, Simple, but what if... (Score:1)
I hate to be a question grubby whore... But your question has been answered, and sence we're all here I'd like to pick some minds
Same thing here really, 2.5" laptop HD. But out of a PowerBook 5300c. Any hints for a chubby computer use who hasn't had much cross-platform envolvement?
I'd love to recover the 16MB of porn, and some 4 year old emails off of the drive. But can't find a method to access the data. I already knew about the conversion kits.
Btw. laptop Hd's use the same number of pins as there larger brothers and sisters, plus four, for power.
The pinout is the same, but if I recall properly there is one pair of pins switched... Google is your friend. I hope I don't regret that by getting a link on google pointing to my solution, asuming any one bothers to help someone, in someone elses Ask slashdot.
Ask slashdot, Ask slashdotters, what's the difference?
Re:12$ Solution, Simple, but what if... (Score:1)
According to the specs I found on the web, your machine had an IDE drive. This makes it easy to find a machine to plug it into. At one point I believe most Mac's were scsi machines.
So it's the same simple $12 solution, except you have to have compiled "hfs" amoung the files system types in your kernel.
Re:12$ Solution, Simple, but what if... (Score:1)
Any thoughts then?
I may have another bit of inspiration though to put linux on this old comp I've got lyin around.
Re:12$ Solution, Simple, but what if... (Score:1)
I believe that applies in this case.
But should you not wish to get linux installed on a machine, look at these links (obtained by the google search on "Reading an HFS disk on Windows") :
HFS Utilities Homepage [mars.org]
Port of hfsutils to DOS [nada.kth.se]
Good luck and have fun.
Re:12$ Solution, Simple, but what if... (Score:2)
Re:12$ Solution, Simple, but what if... (Score:1)
The laptop wont power on any more, and to pay for repairs would be twice the cost of the laptop it's self at current prices, or so I assume. It's an old laptop.
So gutting the laptop, seeing what neat things I can salvage, and rescuing a laptop sized 500mb hd and it's data will be a good thing.
TransMac (Score:2)
SD
Re:12$ Solution, Simple, but what if... (Score:1)
Come on... (Score:1)
Seriously.
It was useful to me... (Score:2)
Sometimes, the main post itself isn't half as useful as the posts from the
Re:It was useful to me... (Score:1)
Try calling Compaq (Score:2)
Vendors love selling extended warranties!
Re:THE solution (Score:1)
LET this be a warning! (Score:2, Insightful)
I Bought a DELL Inspiron 8000 laptop, loaded 512 mb ram, cdrw and dvd, 30 gig hd p3-850, 15" 1600X1400 screen, etcc.. cost me $8000 canadaian, including the 3 year complete care warranty($200ish)..
The complete care warrantee will replace anything that wasn't done on purpose... Accidentally drop the laptop, and break the screen, it's replaced.
what is covered [www.dell.ca]
Don't be cheap, pay for the protection next time...
Re:LET this be a warning! (Score:2)
DN-Boy (Score:2)
Suggestion (Score:2)
Then drop your HDD into it, and squirt your data out via LAN, removeable drive, or even a null modem cable.
converter (Score:2)
laptop hard drive adapter (Score:1)