Data retrieval from dead laptop

Roger H. Goun roger at bcah.com
Wed Jun 18 12:56:01 EDT 2003


Thanks for all the cogent responses. The laptop is genuinely dead, not
just hosed. (I run Debian unstable. I can tell the difference. :-) No
lights, no horrible grinding noises from the hard drive, nothing. I
tried two different known-good batteries, with and without the A/C
adapter, with and without the additional memory DIMM. I think it's
mostly likely a problem with the on switch or the power supply, but it
could be a motherboard issue, or the hard drive, for that matter.

Once I figure out how to get the hard drive out (I've removed every
screw in sight, but still can't get the clamshell apart) so I can
verify that it's the standard 44-pin IDE interface, I'll order a
44-pin to 40-pin IDE adapter. A 44-pin IDE to USB adapter would be
more convenient, but seems to be a lot more expensive. 44-pin IDE to
PCMCIA would be good, too, but I can't find any of those.

Thanks again.

-- Roger

-- 
Roger H. Goun                  Brentwood Country Animal Hospital, P.C.
Chief Kennel Officer           Exeter, New Hampshire, USA
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