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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 -- 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