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litleranger · 09-12-08, 05:15 PM

My motherboard went out on my laptop. Im pretty sure my hard drive is okay. My question is can I access it with another laptop? If so what connection do i need to make to do that to transfer my files to another computer?

Mickha · 09-12-08, 07:47 PM

I think there are bay adapters available quite cheaply, either to fit in a PC or to use as a USB drive.
You can pick up a bay adapter that will allow you to use the laptop hard drive in a PC for less than £10, which might be the cheaper option, unless you can get the hard drive working in another laptop, with a similar motherboard, and then tranfer the data using either a network cable or USB pen drive.

Bulldoguk1 · 12-12-08, 04:03 AM

just buy a caddie and connect to a working PC

09-12-08, 05:15 PM	#1 (permalink)
litleranger Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Motherboard failed My motherboard went out on my laptop. Im pretty sure my hard drive is okay. My question is can I access it with another laptop? If so what connection do i need to make to do that to transfer my files to another computer?

09-12-08, 07:47 PM	#2 (permalink)
Mickha Super Moderator Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 4,800 Thanks: 42 Thanked 1,203 Times in 850 Posts	Re: Motherboard failed I think there are bay adapters available quite cheaply, either to fit in a PC or to use as a USB drive. You can pick up a bay adapter that will allow you to use the laptop hard drive in a PC for less than £10, which might be the cheaper option, unless you can get the hard drive working in another laptop, with a similar motherboard, and then tranfer the data using either a network cable or USB pen drive.

12-12-08, 04:03 AM	#3 (permalink)
Bulldoguk1 Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Notts Posts: 144 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Motherboard failed just buy a caddie and connect to a working PC

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