External HD caddy thingehmehbobbeh

[Jeros]

My pc blew up (the mobo i think) the other week and now with my shiny new netbook arriving tomorrow I was thinking of a way I can get my old info off my drive.

its a standard sized IDE 80GB maxtor and i was wondering what size of external caddy (USB) im going to need?

 

[ramathorn]

If its a laptop HDD you need a 2.5" caddy, if its a desktop HDD you need 3.5" - very often you can get a caddy with both fittings anyway

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/USB-2-0-to-ID...s_RL?hash=item2a011af9ca&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

That will do any IDE hard disk and any SATA hard disk (the connection for laptop and desktop SATA is the same) - the cheap ones on ebay normally dont last terribly long, but if you're only planning on using it to pull data off as a one off, go for it.

 

[nath]

if it's a temporary thing you wouldn't necessarily need a full caddy thing - they're designed for more permanent use. If you just want to grab your data, why not grab one of these:

IDE/SATA to USB 2.0 : USB Adaptors : Maplin
or
USB 2.0 to SATA/IDE Adapter Kit for 2.5/3.5: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics & Photo

 

[Jeros]

Thanks guys