Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/08/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That's the voice of experience. He probably soldered something on a motherboard once, only to note something else falling off. > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net at leica-users.org [mailto:lug- > bounces+kcarney1=cox.net at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Tina Manley > Sent: Saturday, August 01, 2009 3:55 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] Seagate - again > > At 02:35 PM 8/1/2009, you wrote: > >I bought a gadget which is to all intents and purposes a hard drive > >connector on one end of a cable, a USB connector on the other and a > >power supply, I found it easy to remove my hard drive from its case, > >plugged everything and there was my data. Not a permanent installation > >but great for this sort of situation, though repairing the USB socket > >in the existing case is another option. > >I used to use this connector for backups to bare hard drives, but it > >was a bit clunky so it is for emergency use only now. > >Google should find one near you. > >good luck, > >Frank > > Thanks, Frank, I'll Google it. I took the hard drive out of the case > but it doesn't mate up to any of the SATA enclosures that I > have. Mine are pretty old. The USB socket had been soldiered in two > tiny places and that's what broke loose. I called the nearest > computer repair place and asked about having it soldiered back on, > but the guy (who called me Honey) said that would ruin the > motherboard and my computer. I explained that it was an external > hard drive but he said he didn't do that kind of work and didn't know > anybody who did. :-( I'll look for the connector. > > Tina > > Tina Manley > www.tinamanley.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information