Re: [Thinkpad] Harddrive reader

There certainly are 2.5" to 3.5" drive adapters available so you can
plug your laptop drive into a desktop system as an interal drive. There
are also 2.5" USB drive enclosures that you can use to plug it in
externally. In either case you simply have to remove your HDD's
ThinkPad-specific plug on the end and probably also the drive 'caddy' or
tray held on by four screws on the sides of the drive.

I don't know if your typical big electronics retailer like Best Buy,
Frys, Circuit City, CompUSA, etc. would have these items but I would
think it likely. I know they are available on-line from many places.
Maybe try a Radio Shack or something like that??

Later,
Rob

thinkpad@brenart.net wrote:

> So, my T41 just bit the dust, and I'm shipping it into IBM for repair...
> in the meantime, I'm wondering if there's anyway I can access my harddrive
> (which I removed before sending it in) while the machine is out.
>
> I konw the thinkpad dock and there's an ultrabay option to do the trick, I
> was wondering if there's an easier to find solution to do something
> similar, also something that doesn't require a thinkpad to do it because
> right now I'm working on a desktop... ideally something I can go buy in
> person since I don't really want to wait for shipping.
>
> Thanks for any information.
>
> -Rob

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Received on Tue Jul 5 17:39:49 2005