Data retrieval from dead laptop

[Roger H. Goun]

On Thu, Jun 19, 2003 at 08:37:15AM -0400, you wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Jun 2003, at 9:41pm, roger at bcah.com wrote:
> > A Sony VAIO Z505JS (PCG-5201).
> 
>   Oh.  A Sony.  Nevermind.  They're all different.  And a pain.  And Sony
> doesn't believe in documentation.  Or customer service.  Good luck.

Thanks a whole bunch. :-)

> > All good points. But the drive in an external enclosure with a USB cable
> > is potentially a lot more useful.
> 
>   Sure is, if you plan on actually using it.  :-)  Like I said, for many
> situations, the only time someone will need it is if they are doing what you
> are doing...  :-)

What got me excited yesterday was the dawning realization that this is
a killer solution for amateur astrophotography. In their highest
resolution/quality mode, digital cameras produce multi-megabyte
images, and astrophotographers tend to capture a lot of images. A
final image of Mars, for example, might consist of 100 stacked images.
Sometimes we're working with other people's scopes, cameras, and
computers. So a fast, portable, high capacity, widely compatible
external drive could be really useful.

-- R.

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