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franklin97355
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If by work you mean documents or data (spreadsheets images or the like) you can add the drive to another pc as a SLAVE drive and get to the info. DO NOT hook it up as the master or you will as rwdukes says have problems when you put it back or maybe it will not work at all. Since the work is important to you don't do anything to corrupt it.
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mudskipper
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Well, the answer isn't exactly "no". The answer is "maybe, but it would cost you money".
You could hook up the hard drive externally. There are a few ways to do this, and many considerations.
The easiest way is going to be USB, but you would have to have Windows 98 or higher on the laptop + USB ports. You would have to purchase an external USB to IDE enclosure. It will have it's own power cable to plug into the wall. In addition, the file system on your harddrive would have to be readable by the file system on your laptop.
I hope that this helps!!
Mudskipper
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You could hook up the hard drive externally. There are a few ways to do this, and many considerations.
The easiest way is going to be USB, but you would have to have Windows 98 or higher on the laptop + USB ports. You would have to purchase an external USB to IDE enclosure. It will have it's own power cable to plug into the wall. In addition, the file system on your harddrive would have to be readable by the file system on your laptop.
I hope that this helps!!
Mudskipper
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Groucho said it best- "A four year-old child could understand this! Quick! Run out and find me a four year-old child: I can't make heads nor tails out of this!"
mudskipper
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BTW, the method that I listed would make the hard drive from the dead PC the slave drive on the laptop. Mudskipper
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Groucho said it best- "A four year-old child could understand this! Quick! Run out and find me a four year-old child: I can't make heads nor tails out of this!"
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Groucho said it best- "A four year-old child could understand this! Quick! Run out and find me a four year-old child: I can't make heads nor tails out of this!"
Like everybody has said connecting it to your Laptop isnt worth the hassle its goin to cause or money it wil cost!
To connect your hard drive to your spare Pc, remove it from your damaged PC.On the back it will have jumper settings(master/Slave/Cable Select).Place the jumper on Slave and then fit it to your spare PC via a IDE cable with 2 connections.make sure the hard drive in this PC is set to master. when you boot you should see the harddrive in explorer and will be able to copy the files across
hope this helps
David
Ps; the OS on the working PC must support the file system on the "saved" harddrive.
To connect your hard drive to your spare Pc, remove it from your damaged PC.On the back it will have jumper settings(master/Slave/Cable Select).Place the jumper on Slave and then fit it to your spare PC via a IDE cable with 2 connections.make sure the hard drive in this PC is set to master. when you boot you should see the harddrive in explorer and will be able to copy the files across
hope this helps
David
Ps; the OS on the working PC must support the file system on the "saved" harddrive.
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