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Data Recovery from IBM 765L HD

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Magic Dragon

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Greetings!

I have an old IBM 765 laptop that has "gone to a better place". However, the HD is still fine, and I would like to recover data from it.

What I am searching for is some kind of adapter that would allow that HD to be hooked up as a standard IDE drive in a desktop, or someone local to Columbia, Md with a similar laptop that I could borrow/rent long enough to recover the data.

Thanks in advance
Brett
mgkdrgn@yahoo.com
 
You may also want to look into a 2.5inch USB enclosure for your HDD that would allow you to hook it up to just about any system.
 
Originally posted by: kayatai
You may also want to look into a 2.5inch USB enclosure for your HDD that would allow you to hook it up to just about any system.
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Good idea.

An adapter to use it via desktop is $6.50, so going the extra $15 or so for an enclosure is a good idea.. you'll have to weight that of course against the size of the drive, which being from a 765 ThinkPad, is probably very small by today's standards.
 
Unfortunatly, the drive in this laptop doesn't use the "standard" small ID connector like so many other laptops do now ... so the adaptors I have seen for sale are not going to fit it. :-(

 
Unfortunatly, the drive in this laptop doesn't use the "standard" small ID connector like so many other laptops do now ... so the adaptors I have seen for sale are not going to fit it. :-(
 
Are you sure that the actual drive isn't encased in a hard drive caddy? That's how they often attach hard drives from IBM / Dell / HP. Alot of the times there is also a different connector just pushed onto the ide pins for the connection which can make it look like a different type of drive / connector. The connector should easily slide off.

For instance, here is the Caddy for the 765 series. You should just need to remove a couple of screws and the 12.5mm IDE hard drive will be inside: http://www.xtradisk.com/cgi-bi...mp;sid=8y4GGl10F5En8Wx
 
Well, I'll take another look ... thanks.

Originally posted by: TheCanuck
Are you sure that the actual drive isn't encased in a hard drive caddy? That's how they often attach hard drives from IBM / Dell / HP. Alot of the times there is also a different connector just pushed onto the ide pins for the connection which can make it look like a different type of drive / connector. The connector should easily slide off.

For instance, here is the Caddy for the 765 series. You should just need to remove a couple of screws and the 12.5mm IDE hard drive will be inside: http://www.xtradisk.com/cgi-bi...mp;sid=8y4GGl10F5En8Wx
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If you still need a computer that you could use, let me know. I just got one from a friend and could let you use it. I live over in Chase (SE Baltimore County).
 
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