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Neil Williams wrote: <snip> > This is a slimline laptop hard drive, Samsung HM250JI. It has a slimline > laptop connector - from left to right, 7 pins and a gap then 15 pins. > > Does anyone (hopefully near to Plymouth) have a suitable connector that > can mount this thing? Ideally I'd like to mount it over USB but I'm not > confident that this would be possible. Mounting it over IDE is going to > mean connecting it to a relatively old machine which might not have > anything except standard IDE support. > According to Samsung's web site it's an SATA drive. Do you have a desktop with SATA that you could try connecting it to? Or alternatively if no one can help, this might be an option: http://svp.co.uk/product/external_25_sata_hard_drive_enclosure_(sata)_55141 It's a 2.5" SATA to USB caddy. Only about £7 inc VAT although you'd probably be looking at a couple of quid for delivery. Rob -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html