Toshiba A100 hard drive

kuczer1 · 09-12-2007, 08:54 AM

Hello all. I need a hard drive reader for a toshiba a100 hard drive. I need to get all the files off my hard drive as i am about to do a system restore. Any sugestions??? Joel

andy faith · 09-12-2007, 09:12 AM

something like this should do the trick

oscaryu1 · 09-12-2007, 11:15 AM

Or something like http://cgi.ebay.com/Laptop-2-5-to-3-...QQcmdZViewItem

kuczer1 · 09-12-2007, 04:33 PM

Thanks for the help guys. I had Akasa Integral one of these tools but the end of my toshiba hard drive doesn't fit into it. It has a funny shaped end that doesn't want to fit into the socket provided. Is anyone sure that these things will definatley work.
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This is a very crude drawing of what my hard drive looks like. The socket it has to fit into on my akasa hard drive reader looks like this

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Many thanks guys.

andy faith · 09-12-2007, 05:03 PM

yeh, your hard drive is serial ata rather than ide. mine will definately fit it. the other one wont

kuczer1 · 09-12-2007, 05:45 PM

Cheers Andy you are a life saver. So does it have to be that particular make or what can i search for on ebay?

09-12-2007, 08:54 AM	#1 (permalink)
kuczer1 Bronze Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 33	Toshiba A100 hard drive Hello all. I need a hard drive reader for a toshiba a100 hard drive. I need to get all the files off my hard drive as i am about to do a system restore. Any sugestions??? Joel

09-12-2007, 09:12 AM	#2 (permalink)
andy faith Gold Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Coventry Age: 19 Posts: 276	something like this should do the trick __________________ Main PC: Athlon XP 2400+, 1GB RAM, Geforce4 Ti 4200, Asrock K7S8X mobo, 2x40GB HDD. NEC DVDRW, Pioneer DVD\CDRW Backup PC: Athlon XP 2000+, 512MB RAM, 60GB HDD, Radeon 7500 Main Laptop: Inspiron 6400: Core 2 Duo 2.0GHz, 80GB SATA HDD, 2GB PC2-4200, DVD-RW, Radeon X1300 Backup laptop: Latitude D410, Pentium M 1.73GHz, 60GB HDD, 1GB RAM, DVD-ROM

09-12-2007, 11:15 AM	#3 (permalink)
oscaryu1 VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Houston, Texas Age: 13 Posts: 10,012	Or something like http://cgi.ebay.com/Laptop-2-5-to-3-...QQcmdZViewItem __________________ Core 2 Duo E2140 1.6GHz @ 3.04GHz GA-P31-DS3L pqi Turbo CL4 DDR2-800 2GB Sapphire HD3850 256MB Sony Writemaster DVD Burner EIDE Seagate Barracuda 80GB 7200.9 8MB SATII

09-12-2007, 05:03 PM	#5 (permalink)
andy faith Gold Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Coventry Age: 19 Posts: 276	yeh, your hard drive is serial ata rather than ide. mine will definately fit it. the other one wont __________________ Main PC: Athlon XP 2400+, 1GB RAM, Geforce4 Ti 4200, Asrock K7S8X mobo, 2x40GB HDD. NEC DVDRW, Pioneer DVD\CDRW Backup PC: Athlon XP 2000+, 512MB RAM, 60GB HDD, Radeon 7500 Main Laptop: Inspiron 6400: Core 2 Duo 2.0GHz, 80GB SATA HDD, 2GB PC2-4200, DVD-RW, Radeon X1300 Backup laptop: Latitude D410, Pentium M 1.73GHz, 60GB HDD, 1GB RAM, DVD-ROM

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09-12-2007, 04:33 PM	#4 (permalink)
kuczer1 Bronze Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 33	Thanks for the help guys. I had Akasa Integral one of these tools but the end of my toshiba hard drive doesn't fit into it. It has a funny shaped end that doesn't want to fit into the socket provided. Is anyone sure that these things will definatley work. ____________ ________ \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| This is a very crude drawing of what my hard drive looks like. The socket it has to fit into on my akasa hard drive reader looks like this . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Many thanks guys.

09-12-2007, 05:45 PM	#6 (permalink)
kuczer1 Bronze Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 33	Cheers Andy you are a life saver. So does it have to be that particular make or what can i search for on ebay?

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