Comments on: Accessing notebook hard drive using USB enclosure

By: EroticaXP

EroticaXP — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:37:24 +0000

You only need enclosures for notebook ATA HDDs. The notebook ATA does not match pin configuration with PC ATA. SATA HDD can be swapped with no other addition. Those are both ways compatible no matter what.

By: cj2600

cj2600 — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 04:05:06 +0000

Anna,

dont know if anyone can help. I bought an external enclosure and used it with the harddrive from my laptop where the screen was broken. I then connected it to my new laptop and it works. But I cant find my pictures or music in the harddrive, just the programs, but they cant open. Are there any ideas on how i can get access to my pictures on the external harddrive?

What was the operating system installed on the hard drive? XP or Vista?

Path for XP:
Documents and Settings >> User (your profile name) >> My Documents >> My Pictures

Path for Vista:
Users >> User name (your profile name) >> Pictures

These are default paths for XP and Vista.

By: Anna

Anna — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:17:18 +0000

Hi there. dont know if anyone can help. I bought an external enclosure and used it with the harddrive from my laptop where the screen was broken. I then connected it to my new laptop and it works. But I cant find my pictures or music in the harddrive, just the programs, but they cant open. Are there any ideas on how i can get access to my pictures on the external harddrive?
Thanks for a good site.

By: cj2600

cj2600 — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:49:02 +0000

Pat,

I have an IBM thinkpad 600. The computer works, but does not have the OS I want on it. It currently has installed on it Ubuntu 5.10 and I would like to put Win 98 on it. I have tried burning boot disks, but cannot seem to find one that works.

I think this article from Microsoft will help you. The article explains how to install Windows 98 on a computer without OS.

By: Pat

Pat — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 01:32:00 +0000

Okay, I don’t know a whole bunch of technical terms or anything, but I hope you can help me.

I have an IBM thinkpad 600. The computer works, but does not have the OS I want on it. It currently has installed on it Ubuntu 5.10 and I would like to put Win 98 on it. I have tried burning boot disks, but cannot seem to find one that works.

A few days ago, I got the idea of plugging in my HD to my PC and putting the needed files on it from there. I borrowed a converter (laptop AND desktop Hard Drives to USB) from a friend, and tried to use it. My PC recognizes it right away, and installed the drivers needed, but I cannot find it anywhere. I have checked My Computer, but still don’t know where it is.

Can u help?

By: James

James — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:10:29 +0000

I have an HP laptop that has stopped working. The screen is blank but the LED lights are on. 2 times after the laptop has been plugged in for weeks it came on for a half day or so then off again. also when it was working it would not work at all without the power cord. So I was thinking the battery or power is the problem…suggestions please

By: Robert

Robert — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:14:54 +0000

Hi,
My Sony laptop didn’t boot and I proceeded the “Restore C: Drive”, meaning everything I had (software and files)was erased (I have a back up of only part of the files). Is it still possible to recover my files using an external USB enclosure?

By: Anupriya

Anupriya — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 20:07:34 +0000

You are a lifesaver!
My Acer just wouldn’t boot up and even though I have the proper Recovery disk and all, I suspect that would erase all my data.

So I decided to yank the drive out, back up my C: drive and then reset the computer to default by using the recovery disc.
Am I right in assuming I can just plug in my UATA Seagate 120 GB in an external enclosure and read/copy files off it? Are these discs any different to my normal backup disc because they have Windows XP and all that jazz in there as well?

Anyway, a well written and illustrated guide. Well done!

Anupriya

By: cj2600

cj2600 — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 06:21:22 +0000

Cherie,

My husband just bought an EAGLE CONSUS portable 2.5 mesh external storage system, we hooked it up with the usb cords and it pops up with an option to safely remove the hardware; and shows that the system is running properly but it never pops up in my computer under the hard drives or removable hardware;

We can feel the hard drive loading and the fan spinning what if any could be the reason the drive isn’t registering 100%

Here’s my guess. Most likely the hard drive is working fine, but it’s not partitioned and formatted.
Before you can use the hard drive, you’ll have to create a partition and format it.
Go to Disc Management utility. Right click on My Computer – Manage – Disc Management. Can you see the hard drive in there?
Right click on the hard drive, create a partition (primary partition) and format it with NTFS (you can use quick format).
After it’s formatted, the hard drive should appear in My Computer and you can use it.

By: Cherie

Cherie — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:19:09 +0000

My husband just bought an EAGLE CONSUS portable 2.5 mesh external storage system, we hooked it up with the usb cords and it pops up with an option to safely remove the hardware; and shows that the system is running properly but it never pops up in my computer under the hard drives or removable hardware;

We can feel the hard drive loading and the fan spinning what if any could be the reason the drive isn’t registering 100%

thanks in advance