Can i connect my desktop harddrive to my laptop?
 

My puter crapped out, not sure what the problem is. But i really need to access my harddrives asap. Is there any way to connect them to my lappie?

Most PC shops will stock USB cradle that you can plug a hard drive into. They work out about $70 in the UK so should be a similar price where you are.

They are CAN$70 in Toronto.

That is about, what, 10 pounds?

:(

Not quite :glugglug

Actual price in pounds when I looked a couple of weeks back was around £40. That was from a high st shop though so probably much cheaper online :)

I think my motherboard quit working...how much are those? Maybe im better off buying a new one instead of buying a $70 usb thingy. Good to know its possible tho!

what exactly are your PC's symptoms? Also, what are the specs (ie. motherboard type, processor type, computer manufacture ect..)

drive enclosure http://images10.newegg.com/productim...146-180-07.JPG
As far as im concerned this is the best drive enclosure on the market - never had a problem with it. you may be able to get one in order to pull some info off the pc's drive

it would hook up to anything with a usb slot on it, and it works damn good

It just wont boot. The harddrives work, i can hear them but when i turn on the puter nothing happens.
Amd athlon. I dont know shit about types and motherboards etc.

how long ago did you buy it, and are there any system beeps when you turn it on. also, when it went down, how did it happen?
even with a bad harddrive, dos information should still come on the screen.

I was thinking much the same. Sounding more like M.Board or CPU type problem than the HD :(

more than likely. You can get a cheaper version of the drive enclosure i mentioned earlier (only 30$), and if you need info off that drive i would say its your best bet. its worthwhile to have anyway, comes in handy.

ouch, I had the same problem with my hard disk 2 month ago. It was like the disk was running in a loop.
I hope you have copy of your disk.

Have to agree. Invaluable things especially if upgrading to a bigger drive. I've been tempted to use one for an additional drive for data but keep wondering how long it'll last switched on all day every day. I suppose it should be OK in theory.

I paid under £20 for my USB laptop/pc hookup, after rescuing everything I paid around £70 for a spare hard drive to be installed.

No, its not a harddrive problem, those work fine.

combined with a good seagate drive, you will not be dissapointed. Had one for months and the only issue i had was with a shitty drive that had already failed and crashed once. theres a shitload of other enclosures out there, but many of them have errors due to incompatable USB chipsets, so be wary if you decide on an alternative.

I'm leaning towards a cpu problem. Cpu fans still working? AMD's do not shut down when they get too hot like Pentiums.

more than likely what it is - i fried one just the other day actually. fan went out on the cpu and it burned up, but i still got dos info on screen

I dont know really...screen shows black and it just wont boot up. It gets stuck before the actual boot. Just nothing happens. Fans seem to work.

well if the drives are working, there could be a video card problem too,lol. i should hope you would know how to reduce that out of the equasion though.

hardware is a pain in the ass