Jumper_Dad Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 I have a couple of old dead/broken laptops that I need to retrieve old photos from. I know there is some device available to plug these into and get the info off and onto another computer. Here are picks of both hard drives that I've already removed. I would appreciate it if someone could point me in the right direction of what I need...as inexpensively as possible. 🙂 Here are the drives and connections. Thanks, any help is appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumper_Dad Posted October 26, 2021 Author Share Posted October 26, 2021 I guess my biggest question is what type connectors are these? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjs4470 Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 15 hours ago, Jumper_Dad said: I guess my biggest question is what type connectors are these? It looks like those are SATA drives. You can get an adapter from Amazon fairly cheap. https://www.amazon.com/ULXUUUN-Adapter-Compatible-2-5-Inch-Support/dp/B095RQ8T5V/ref=asc_df_B095RQ8T5V/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=524643816709&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=5593297369776603737&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1017733&hvtargid=pla-1364686807325&psc=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumper_Dad Posted October 26, 2021 Author Share Posted October 26, 2021 25 minutes ago, rjs4470 said: It looks like those are SATA drives. You can get an adapter from Amazon fairly cheap. https://www.amazon.com/ULXUUUN-Adapter-Compatible-2-5-Inch-Support/dp/B095RQ8T5V/ref=asc_df_B095RQ8T5V/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=524643816709&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=5593297369776603737&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1017733&hvtargid=pla-1364686807325&psc=1 Thanks. So the same adapter will fit them both? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumper_Dad Posted October 30, 2021 Author Share Posted October 30, 2021 @swamprat any idea what kind of cable I need to plug the 2nd hard drive above into a USB port? I bought the cable rjs recommended and it worked great for the 1st hard drive pictured above. It doesn't fit the 2nd one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swamprat Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 On 10/29/2021 at 9:00 PM, Jumper_Dad said: @swamprat any idea what kind of cable I need to plug the 2nd hard drive above into a USB port? I bought the cable rjs recommended and it worked great for the 1st hard drive pictured above. It doesn't fit the 2nd one. The same SATA connection used on the other hard drive is this on hard drive. What you are showing is simply another plug that interfaces between the hard drive and the laptop motherboard. Pull on it. It should slide right off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumper_Dad Posted October 31, 2021 Author Share Posted October 31, 2021 36 minutes ago, swamprat said: The same SATA connection used on the other hard drive is this on hard drive. What you are showing is simply another plug that interfaces between the hard drive and the laptop motherboard. Pull on it. It should slide right off. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumper_Dad Posted November 1, 2021 Author Share Posted November 1, 2021 Thanks @rjs4470 and @swamprat, I was able to recover close to 20,000 family photos off of those hard drives. Next up I have an old tower to pull the hard drive out of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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