how do you recover data from a dead external hard drive?

Aaron Gosselin · Feb 5, 2015

it's a small hard drive that you would find in a laptop and i can't take it out of the case and plug it into my pc.

Saga Lout · Feb 5, 2015

Why do you think it can't be removed? Most external caddies will come apart even if they have no visible screws or other fixings. The caddies which convert the connection to USB for use with another computer are very inexpensive.

Aaron Gosselin · Feb 5, 2015

Saga Lout :

i can take it out of the case, but for some reason it doesnt have the same connection as a normal hard drive.

blurryy · Feb 5, 2015

Take the HDD out of the case, buy this: http://www.amazon.com/Drive-Adapter-Converter-Optical-External/dp/B001OORMVQ/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1423163062&sr=1-1&keywords=IDE%2FSATA+usb

Than plug in the sata or IDE port the HDD and load it up on a another computer, and than drag and drop to backup and recover files.

Saga Lout · Feb 5, 2015

There will be a plastic clip that the caddy manufacturer uses to convert from a normal SATA connection to his interface. Gently ease that off and you'll see teh SATA connector.

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