[NTLUG:Discuss] OT- Data recovery

[Rev. wRy]

Jay Urish wrote:
> What operating system is on the hard drive?

M$ ME

> For 80 bucks, I can pull out the good drive from the bad laptop and put 
> in in one of my laptops, then transfer the data across the LAN to my big 
> machine then burn it onto cd...

That's what I'm looking to do.  Just ran to Fry's and got a 44 to 40 pin 
converter.  Hopefully, it'll do the trick.

If not, you may be hearing from me. :)

chris at chrisbaker.net wrote:
 > I am not sure what you mean here. Do you want someone to
 > recover data from a dead or dying hard drive? Or is the hard drive
 > okay?

The hard drive is ok.  The power supply is bad.  Won't boot from ac 
adapter or battery.

 > There are tools which let you plug a laptop hard drive into a regular
 > PC. But you have to be careful with them. Plugging them in wrong
 > may kill the drive.

Noted.

 > If you are looking for someone to save data from a damaged drive,
 > contact On Track. I have worked with them and found them to be
 > excellent. Go to <www.ontrack.com>.

Filed.

 > Chris

Thanks for the responses.

Ry