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Robin Cornelius wrote: > On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 11:45 AM, Rob Beard<rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > battery and just powering up from the power supply? > >> If all else fails I'm sure someone on the LUG will be able to help get >> your data off the drive (I have a cable to attach a 2.5" IDE hard drive >> to a standard desktop IDE port which you could borrow if you get really >> stuck, or if you're lucky and it's an SATA drive you can just use a >> standard SATA power and data connection from a desktop PC). >> > > Laptops using SATA tend to use a micro SATA connector that is not the > same as desktop machines. So just be careful there before making a > long drive to someones place ;-) > > Robin > Really? My laptop and a couple of others I've worked on have standard desktop size SATA connectors. 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