Laptop Died. Saved the Hard Drive. What Are My Options To Get The Files?

**Jorge** · 09-29-2010 04:48 AM

Hey guys!

Well the title pretty much summed everything up.

Spilled tea on my computer, worked for a week.

Then the screen didn't show anything, then the laptop didn't work at all.

Then took it to a laptop spot, that told me it was fried, and he would pull out the hard drive for $30

the genius I am....err or your average joe, knew he could do it himself...and I saved $30 =)

So now, the part where my fellow Technical DV'rs come in.

What are my options to recover my files from my hard drive?

I have another laptop.

Thanks in advance.

**Jorge** · 09-29-2010 06:52 AM

Anybody?

**louie54** · 09-29-2010 07:03 AM

I would think put your hard drive in another computer then transfer your files to your new computer via flashdrive. You may just need to have a tech person do it unless you want to borrow someone else's computer.

Hopefully someone else comes up with a better solution.

**Jorge** · 09-29-2010 06:03 PM

Is their a way that I can buy an external hard drive, then have a techie' transfer all of my files to that external hard drive?

Is something like that expensive?

**Supernova** · 09-29-2010 08:11 PM

No need. My dad bought a really neat device a while ago, I'm sure you can find one if you look. It's some sort of sleeve that you can connect a regular old hard drive into, then connect that to a USB port. I'm not sure where he got it and I haven't actually seen it, but he was telling me all about it and I think it only cost him around $30. I'm actually going to be doing this soon with a hard drive from an old desktop computer of mine that just went a while ago.

**Jorge** · 09-29-2010 09:00 PM

Originally Posted by Supernova

No need. My dad bought a really neat device a while ago, I'm sure you can find one if you look. It's some sort of sleeve that you can connect a regular old hard drive into, then connect that to a USB port. I'm not sure where he got it and I haven't actually seen it, but he was telling me all about it and I think it only cost him around $30. I'm actually going to be doing this soon with a hard drive from an old desktop computer of mine that just went a while ago.

Sweet!

If possible, could you find out the actual name of the product? I'm not having much luck on google.

**Jorge** · 09-29-2010 09:21 PM

Was it this?

data transfer solution for cloning and migrating new laptop hard drive

**Supernova** · 09-29-2010 10:02 PM

Looks similar. I'll be talking to him later tonight (he's away on business), so I'll see what I can find out.

**Aphius** · 10-28-2010 03:20 PM

What you're looking for is a hard drive caddy/enclosure. They come in a variety of sizes for different hard drives.
You can just connect your HDD into it and there will be a USB connection on the outside.

It's then just an external hard drive on it's own. :-D

Most computer shops should carry them and as Supernova said, they're relatively inexpensive.

(sorry if this is a bit old, just if anyone was curious)