I have an old desktop hard drive it's Pata I'm pretty sure it's by segate and I have bunch of pictures on it ect. How can I pl

Supermon221 · Jan 16, 2014

So please help and would like to get something off amazon, I have a oh pavilion G7 laptop with windows 7 so thanks!

ronintexas · Jan 16, 2014

Purchase on of these: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA2C50SG7074

This will read laptop hard drives, sata hard drives, pata hard drives....and is portable - utilizing USB. I have 2 of them....well worth the price.

ram1009 · Jan 16, 2014

Sorry, but I don't understand what you're asking for help with. Do you have a failed HDD that you need to recover data from or ???

Supermon221 · Jan 16, 2014

Will it work with a desktop hard drive I have an "old Desktop HardDrive" that I wanna recover files from and hook it up to my laptop

ronintexas · Jan 16, 2014

The docking station I gave the link to above will allow you to load the drive on any PC - provided the drive is in working order.

Supermon221 · Jan 16, 2014

Ok what if the hard drive is damaged in any way is there a
Possibility to get any information off of it

ram1009 · Jan 16, 2014

Supermon221 :

There are many applications claiming to allow recovery of data from any drive that is still spinning. In my experience, they are difficult to use and don't work well. There are companies that will recover data for you but you better put a dollar value on the data you want to recover because the services aren't cheap.

ronintexas · Jan 16, 2014

It really depends upon what the damage is to the drive. Physical damage (i.e. circuit board cracked, smoked chips, case is cracked, etc) you have a very low chance of recovering any data from utilities....but the companies that cover data will have a chance of doing it - if you run utilities on the drive - it lowers that chance.

My advice - if it is important data - get the dock, plug it in, and see if you can read the drive. If it doesn't work, how much is the data worth to you? Data companies can charge anywhere from $200 - $1,000 to get that data off your drive (depending upon what they have to do) - and the more things you try, the more costly it will be for them to recover (if even possible) the data.

I help a lot of friends out - and generally, I plug in the drive, it either works or not. I can transfer the data for them if it works. Recovery starts getting iffy, and anyone with important stuff has to make that decision how badly they want the data.

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