Toshiba Hard Disk
 

Hi

I have a Toshiba Hard Disk out of a slim-line laptop, HDD model
MK4004GAH. The laptop was walked on by the customer and it no longer
boots. They have asked if I can get data off this drive, but as this
laptop is not your standard 2.5" job I can't just connect the 2.5" to
3.5" adapter and read the data off. In fact, this drive is 1.8" and the
connector on it looks very much like a CF-card's connector.

Any ideas if anyone makes such an adapter? I tried googling around but
the only things I can see that use an adapter like this (apart from CF
card) are some variety of SCSI - but all the information I have on this
drive tells me that it's IDE.

Thanks,

Kris.

Re: Toshiba Hard Disk
 

Kris Clayton wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have a Toshiba Hard Disk out of a slim-line laptop, HDD model
> MK4004GAH. The laptop was walked on by the customer and it no longer
> boots. They have asked if I can get data off this drive, but as this
> laptop is not your standard 2.5" job I can't just connect the 2.5" to
> 3.5" adapter and read the data off. In fact, this drive is 1.8" and the
> connector on it looks very much like a CF-card's connector.
>
> Any ideas if anyone makes such an adapter? I tried googling around but
> the only things I can see that use an adapter like this (apart from CF
> card) are some variety of SCSI - but all the information I have on this
> drive tells me that it's IDE.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kris.


What about some of the external usb card readers? some have those mini
cf hd connectors (I have one).

regards

Thing

Re: Toshiba Hard Disk
 

"Kris Clayton" <kris@bal.co.nz> wrote in message
news:1123028894.682185@ftpsrv1...
> Hi
>
> I have a Toshiba Hard Disk out of a slim-line laptop, HDD model MK4004GAH.
> The laptop was walked on by the customer and it no longer boots. They have
> asked if I can get data off this drive, but as this laptop is not your
> standard 2.5" job I can't just connect the 2.5" to 3.5" adapter and read
> the data off. In fact, this drive is 1.8" and the connector on it looks
> very much like a CF-card's connector.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kris.

Thats the same drive that is in my iRiver H340 (multi codec jukebox) - maybe
put it in to one of those or similar and it will show up as a USB drive.

Re: Toshiba Hard Disk
 

"tiddlywink" <tbra at hyper dot net dot nz> wrote in
news:42f0239a@news.orcon.net.nz:

> "Kris Clayton" <kris@bal.co.nz> wrote in message
> news:1123028894.682185@ftpsrv1...
>> Hi
>>
>> I have a Toshiba Hard Disk out of a slim-line laptop, HDD model
>> MK4004GAH. The laptop was walked on by the customer and it no longer
>> boots. They have asked if I can get data off this drive, but as this
>> laptop is not your standard 2.5" job I can't just connect the 2.5" to
>> 3.5" adapter and read the data off. In fact, this drive is 1.8" and
>> the connector on it looks very much like a CF-card's connector.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Kris.
>
> Thats the same drive that is in my iRiver H340 (multi codec jukebox) -
> maybe put it in to one of those or similar and it will show up as a
> USB drive.
>
>
>
And since the customers data is on that toshiba drive, be very careful.
I would get an adapter from ? who knows.
I would NOT just hope the Iriver does not just decide to format



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Ciao, Dave