MY friends laptop has died on him and he needs to get his data out from the hdd ... so i suggeted that he open the box and remove the lappy hdd and connect it to his desktop's IDE as a slave and just copy over the data. Will this work and if not what needs to be done for the same ? Thanks

It will, you have to get an adapter though

http://shop.store.yahoo.com/insidecomputer...tode3hadr1.html

if the HD died......even though you connect to a desktop.....it will still not work, no?????

edit: i think i know what you are talking about.......the HD can only read but can't write......is that it????.......

I did it once but from a laptop HDD to another laptop using some data cable USB link " i can search for it if u want too "

the compy wont boot .. thats the problem. there is nothing wrong with the drive... its the power suppy unit thats causing the problems.

u cant connect ur lappy's hd to ur desktop directly cause they r different types of connections. i dont even think u can set a notebook (2.5") hd as master/slave. one way that i have figured out to be pretty useful is to buy a usb/firewire (depending on ur connection) 2.5" hd enclosure. wen onsale..its about $10-20. only prob with this method is that anything on the lappy's desktop and maybe "my documents" cannot be coppied out.

here's a link for the enclosure:
http://shop1.outpost.com/product/3967468?s...CH:MAIN_RSLT_PG

anyother thing with this is that that its plug and play because its usb.
hope that helps!!!

Read the first reply to this thread...

/edit Tard

I think laptop hd's default as cable select.

well...if u get the enclosure...u can use that as a portable external hd...since the notebook is dead already. the hd would also be usb powered.