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Touch The Universe · Post by **Touch The Universe** » Sat Feb 01, 2014 4:10 pm

I have a hp laptop nc6230 that the university made us buy and its not working anymore ie can't even power up. I want to salvage the data on the hd and already know how to disconnect it but what then, how do I hook up this hard drive so i can get the data from it, do i need an adapter or special usb cable. Would very much appreciate any advice.

Zombie Queen · Post by **Zombie Queen** » Sat Feb 01, 2014 4:29 pm

You need IDE to USB adapter. Google 'USB to IDE' and make sure it supports IDE 2.5". I'm using Unitek adapter from some time and it works fine. It will work, unless your drive is dead.

Touch The Universe · Post by **Touch The Universe** » Sat Feb 01, 2014 4:40 pm

Much thanks

Touch The Universe · Post by **Touch The Universe** » Thu Dec 11, 2014 12:20 pm

Zombie Queen wrote:You need IDE to USB adapter. Google 'USB to IDE' and make sure it supports IDE 2.5". I'm using Unitek adapter from some time and it works fine. It will work, unless your drive is dead.

Thanks, do you or anyone else know if this would work for the hp model nc630? It supports IDE 2.5. Should I open the HP and pull out the HD for the specific make and model etc? Just don't want any surprises.

http://www.amazon.com/sabrent-Converter ... B000HJ99DI

Kaine · Post by **Kaine** » Fri Dec 12, 2014 10:18 am

IDE/SATA are well established standards and that adaptor appears to meet all of them. By all means you can post a picture of your drive connectors for us to confirm, but I'm 99% certain that'll do the job for you.

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Fri Dec 12, 2014 10:40 am

The HDD dock is just one of the most usable things I have bought

Instead of holding on to old computers because of stuff I have on their HDD's, I screw the HDD out of the PC, put it in the HDD dock, which I then can access on my main computer. The old HDDs becomes like big "USB" keys

The I can just recycle the rest of the old PC gear, and get free space in storage

Touch The Universe · Post by **Touch The Universe** » Tue Dec 16, 2014 7:54 pm

Thanks for the replies! I am just about to make the purchase buy I noticed the usb 2.0 is a little cheaper than the usb 3.0, both support IDE 2.5. Is it still safe to get the usb 2.0? What's the difference between them, just speed?

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Tue Dec 16, 2014 8:10 pm

Speed is pretty important though.

USB 3 can be up to ten times as fast as USB 2

Even though it might be more expensive, time is also money

Touch The Universe · Post by **Touch The Universe** » Tue Dec 16, 2014 8:18 pm

Numanoid wrote:Speed is pretty important though.

USB 3 can be up to ten times as fast as USB 2

Even though it might be more expensive, time is also money

Thanks for you quick reply Numanoid:) At most there would just be 1 or 2 gigs to transfer and I'd only be using it one time, so if I can safe a little, I would like to. Plus I need some blank dvd's for backup. From your reply I'd say its safe to grab the 2.0 and that it will still work, albeit slower? I have it in the shopping cart and waiting for your answer to check out

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Tue Dec 16, 2014 8:25 pm

USB 2.0 is the connection between the dock and the PC.

According to this info, your laptop comes with 2xUSB 2.0 ports, so you are covered:

http://www8.hp.com/h20195/v2/GetDocumen ... =c04287208

Touch The Universe · Post by **Touch The Universe** » Tue Dec 16, 2014 8:29 pm

Numanoid wrote:USB 2.0 is the connection between the dock and the PC.

According to this info, your laptop comes with 2xUSB 2.0 ports, so you are covered:

http://www8.hp.com/h20195/v2/GetDocumen ... =c04287208

Cool! Thanks a lot Numanoid for the link

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Tue Dec 16, 2014 8:38 pm

Sorry, I misread your OP slightly, thinking you wanted to connect your laptop to the dock.

Anyhow, when it comes to USB connectivity it shouldn't matter that much as according to info:

"all USB 2.0 devices will work on USB 3.0 hardware, and (nearly) all USB 3.0 devices will work on USB 2.0 hardware."

http://www.datapro.net/techinfo/usb_3_explained.html

Salvage data from hp nc6230 laptop