How to Remove Hard Drive from Really Old Computer

I have an very old AT&T Globalyst 375T PC from 1995. I held on to it over
the years because I wanted to take the hard drive out as it contained
confidential information. Well, today I finally decided to do it.

Got the case off, disconnected the cable and the power cord from the hard
drive and looked for the screws that connected the hard drive to the box
containing it that was affixed to the case. And I looked and I looked.
Although the hard drive had screws in it, they weren't the screws connecting
the hard drive to the box. Although the drive and the box were firmly
affixed to the frame, no screws were doing the job.

Then I saw what looked like metal clips, more like wings that might be
holding the box in place. So I tried to manipulate this clips/wings,
pushing and pulling gently but it was firm. Then I though that the box
containing the hard drive would slip out. No that didn't work.

I never seen a hard drive affixed this way before. The computer does not
have ethernet, usb capability or direct cable capability. The only way I am
going to be able to get the info off the hard drive is to either burn some
CD's or take another computer and hook its cables up to the old computer to
read the hard drive. All a pain in the butt.

So anybody remember anything about this kind of construction and tell me how
to unfasten the hard drive. I thought there was a chance somebody would
know..

computergal

"James D. Andrews" <> wrote in message
news:...
> computergal wrote:
>> I have an very old AT&T Globalyst 375T PC from 1995. I held on to it
>> over the years because I wanted to take the hard drive out as it
>> contained confidential information. Well, today I finally decided to do
>> it.
>>
>> Got the case off, disconnected the cable and the power cord from the hard
>> drive and looked for the screws that connected the hard drive to the box
>> containing it that was affixed to the case. And I looked and I looked.
>> Although the hard drive had screws in it, they weren't the screws
>> connecting the hard drive to the box. Although the drive and the box
>> were firmly affixed to the frame, no screws were doing the job.
>>
>> Then I saw what looked like metal clips, more like wings that might be
>> holding the box in place. So I tried to manipulate this clips/wings,
>> pushing and pulling gently but it was firm. Then I though that the box
>> containing the hard drive would slip out. No that didn't work.
>>
>> I never seen a hard drive affixed this way before. The computer does not
>> have ethernet, usb capability or direct cable capability. The only way I
>> am going to be able to get the info off the hard drive is to either burn
>> some CD's or take another computer and hook its cables up to the old
>> computer to read the hard drive. All a pain in the butt.
>>
>> So anybody remember anything about this kind of construction and tell me
>> how to unfasten the hard drive. I thought there was a chance somebody
>> would know..
>
> Can't figure out your hard drive installation problem, but to copy or move
> that information from your hard drive, I can recommend a new toy I just
> started playing with not that long ago - provided you have another
> computer nearby.
>
> An IDE/SATA to USB adapter. You plug the IDE connector into your hard
> drive, you plug the USB end into a working computer with USB, voila!
> There's your other drive to do with as you please. You can move the info,
> reformat the drive, and so on.
>
> You can get one on-line for about $25 or so.
>
>

James, you have something horribly wrong with your settings.

Jeff Strickland

computergal wrote:

> I have an very old AT&T Globalyst 375T PC from 1995. I held on to it
> over the years because I wanted to take the hard drive out as it
> contained
> confidential information. Well, today I finally decided to do it.
>
> Got the case off, disconnected the cable and the power cord from the
> hard drive and looked for the screws that connected the hard drive to
> the box
> containing it that was affixed to the case. And I looked and I
> looked. Although the hard drive had screws in it, they weren't the
> screws connecting
> the hard drive to the box. Although the drive and the box were
> firmly affixed to the frame, no screws were doing the job.
>
> Then I saw what looked like metal clips, more like wings that might be
> holding the box in place. So I tried to manipulate this clips/wings,
> pushing and pulling gently but it was firm. Then I though that the
> box
> containing the hard drive would slip out. No that didn't work.
>
> I never seen a hard drive affixed this way before. The computer does
> not
> have ethernet, usb capability or direct cable capability. The only
> way I am going to be able to get the info off the hard drive is to
> either burn some CD's or take another computer and hook its cables up
> to the old computer to
> read the hard drive. All a pain in the butt.
>
> So anybody remember anything about this kind of construction and tell
> me how
> to unfasten the hard drive. I thought there was a chance somebody
> would know..

I would guess that the drive is supported by "slides" at each side. The
spring clips probably have to be depressed before it will move. I have
seen these, both plastic and metal, seize in place, requiring
considerable effort to get them out.

I suspect a machine of that age probably has an MFM drive ! In which
case you wont be able to simply plug it into another machine and
connect it up in order to get the data off it.

--
Best Regards:
Baron.

Baron

On Oct 29, 5:03*pm, "Jeff Strickland" <crwlrj...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> "James D. Andrews" <jamesdandr...@att.net> wrote in messagenews:...
>
>
>
> > computergal wrote:
> >> I have an very old AT&T Globalyst 375T PC from 1995. *I held on to it
> >> over the years because I wanted to take the hard drive out as it
> >> contained confidential information. *Well, today I finally decided to do
> >> it.
>
> >> Got the case off, disconnected the cable and the power cord from the hard
> >> drive and looked for the screws that connected the hard drive to the box
> >> containing it that was affixed to the case. *And I looked and I looked.
> >> Although the hard drive had screws in it, they weren't the screws
> >> connecting the hard drive to the box. * Although the drive and the box
> >> were firmly affixed to the frame, no screws were doing the job.
>
> >> Then I saw what looked like metal clips, more like wings that might be
> >> holding the box in place. *So I tried to manipulate this clips/wings,
> >> pushing and pulling gently but it was firm. *Then I though that the box
> >> containing the hard drive would slip out. *No that didn't work.
>
> >> I never seen a hard drive affixed this way before. *The computer does not
> >> have ethernet, usb capability or direct cable capability. *The only way I
> >> am going to be able to get the info off the hard drive is to either burn
> >> some CD's or take another computer and hook its cables up to the old
> >> computer to read the hard drive. *All a pain in the butt.
>
> >> So anybody remember anything about this kind of construction and tell me
> >> how to unfasten the hard drive. *I thought there was a chance somebody
> >> would know..
>
> > Can't figure out your hard drive installation problem, but to copy or move
> > that information from your hard drive, I can recommend a new toy I just
> > started playing with not that long ago - provided you have another
> > computer nearby.
>
> > An IDE/SATA to USB adapter. *You plug the IDE connector into your hard
> > drive, you plug the USB end into a working computer with USB, voila!
> > There's your other drive to do with as you please. *You can move the info,
> > reformat the drive, and so on.
>
> > You can get one on-line for about $25 or so.
>
> James, you have something horribly wrong with your settings.

The narrow sentences are his sig. He's not the only one around
doing the same.

sandy58

"sandy58" <> wrote in message
news:dc17a420-bf98-4a7a-8617-...
On Oct 29, 5:03 pm, "Jeff Strickland" <crwlrj...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> "James D. Andrews" <jamesdandr...@att.net> wrote in
> messagenews:...
>
>
>
> > computergal wrote:
> >> I have an very old AT&T Globalyst 375T PC from 1995. I held on to it
> >> over the years because I wanted to take the hard drive out as it
> >> contained confidential information. Well, today I finally decided to do
> >> it.
>
> >> Got the case off, disconnected the cable and the power cord from the
> >> hard
> >> drive and looked for the screws that connected the hard drive to the
> >> box
> >> containing it that was affixed to the case. And I looked and I looked.
> >> Although the hard drive had screws in it, they weren't the screws
> >> connecting the hard drive to the box. Although the drive and the box
> >> were firmly affixed to the frame, no screws were doing the job.
>
> >> Then I saw what looked like metal clips, more like wings that might be
> >> holding the box in place. So I tried to manipulate this clips/wings,
> >> pushing and pulling gently but it was firm. Then I though that the box
> >> containing the hard drive would slip out. No that didn't work.
>
> >> I never seen a hard drive affixed this way before. The computer does
> >> not
> >> have ethernet, usb capability or direct cable capability. The only way
> >> I
> >> am going to be able to get the info off the hard drive is to either
> >> burn
> >> some CD's or take another computer and hook its cables up to the old
> >> computer to read the hard drive. All a pain in the butt.
>
> >> So anybody remember anything about this kind of construction and tell
> >> me
> >> how to unfasten the hard drive. I thought there was a chance somebody
> >> would know..
>
> > Can't figure out your hard drive installation problem, but to copy or
> > move
> > that information from your hard drive, I can recommend a new toy I just
> > started playing with not that long ago - provided you have another
> > computer nearby.
>
> > An IDE/SATA to USB adapter. You plug the IDE connector into your hard
> > drive, you plug the USB end into a working computer with USB, voila!
> > There's your other drive to do with as you please. You can move the
> > info,
> > reformat the drive, and so on.
>
> > You can get one on-line for about $25 or so.
>
> James, you have something horribly wrong with your settings.

The narrow sentences are his sig. He's not the only one around
doing the same.


<JS>
That's the horrible setting, for sure.

Now, if I could fix my settings so that I didn't have to mark my Reply to
GoogleGroups postings with <JS> and </JS>, another horrible setting in the
universe could be wiped out.


</JS>

Jeff Strickland