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    External 2.5" HD Case to USB question

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Piedmont, May 30, 2009.

  1. Piedmont

    Piedmont Notebook Enthusiast

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    My laptops hard drive crashed (it's 6 years old), a bad sector has corrupted windows I get blue screens of death even in safe mode. However, the disk still spins (and in one rare moment after about 35 attempts did load xp once for about 5 minutes then crashed but I've not been able to get it to do that again).

    The drive says +5v 0.7A (it's a Toshiba HDD2181). If I get an external 2.5" hard drive to USB enclosure can I put that drive into it and get enough power so I can recover what files I can from it?

    Thanks
     
    Piedmont, May 30, 2009
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  2. qhn

    qhn Notebook User

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    Sure you can, if the drive can be read.

    cheers ...
     
    qhn, May 31, 2009
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  3. goofball

    goofball Notebook Deity

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    Yes, you would need both USB heads connected if it indeeds need 0.7A to power up. And as mentioned by previous poster, as long as the drive is not physically damaged where it cannot be read.
     
    goofball, May 31, 2009
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