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    How to remove hard drive....

    Discussion in 'HP' started by The Man, Feb 16, 2008.

  1. The Man

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    Hello, I'm sending my HP Pavilion dv9000 (with 2 hard drives) back for repair under warranty and I'd like to remove both hard drives so I can back up the data (it won't start up now, but its not an HD problem). Do I need to remove the whole bottom cover to do this and if so how because I cant seem to get it off. Thank you.
     
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    Thanks, I got the two hard drives out, so I'm assuming they'd be compatible with a USB hard drive enclosure or do they have some kind of crazy HP-only
    pins?
     
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    Yeah, there is a proprietary adaptor but it fits over the regular SATA pins and should be easily removable.
     
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    Any recommendations for an enclosure that I wouldn't have to send away for? So far no luck on my own...

    Thanks
     
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    check out Newegg.com
    they have a lot of hdd enclosures
     
    timtravel42, Feb 16, 2008
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