jimmy3500

Hi,
I have a Toshiba A100 338 laptop which I have owned for just over 2 years now. It has been running fine until a couple of weeks ago when I started receiving a message when booting saying 'SMART hard drive failure, backup all data and replace hard drive etc.' So I just press F1 to bypass. My data is backed up weekly automatically by Norton 360, so I have been deciding whether to replace the hard drive or purchase a new laptop.

This morning I unplugged the laptop from the mains for a few minutes, unfortunately the battery is knackered and lasts no longer than about 5 minutes. So before I had time to plug the laptop back in, the laptop went into hibernate as the battery had run out of charge. I plugged the laptop back in and went to switch it on, I recieved the same SMART failure message but am unable to get past this screen now. I am also unable to enter the BIOS to change boot settings to enable me to boot from a disk as the laptop is in hibernation.

So I am looking for a hard drive adapter that will enable me to plug the hard drive into another PC to transfer any data on the hard drive that has not been backed up since the last backup.

Due to it's size I believe the hard drive to be 1.8" but am not 100% sure. So I am looking for a 1.8" to 3.5" adapter, or possibly to 2.5" then a 2.5" to 3.5" on top of that. I have looked on the internet for an adapter but can not find one that looks suitable. I have posted some pictures below.

Any help would be gratefully appreciated.

Many Thanks

James