Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/08/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 On 1 Aug, 2009, at 16:38, Tina Manley wrote: > LUG: > > The problem with my Seagate external hard drive is definitely the > USB connection. The connection has come loose and fallen back into > the case. The data should be fine, I just can't get to it. Do I > dare try to open the case and take out the drive? I know if I send > it in for data retrieval the estimate will be about $1900. The 1T > drives are selling for $89 now and I've just ordered 4 to put in a > Drobo so I won't miss this one if it doesn't work. It is still > under warranty and I'm sure I void the warranty by opening the case, > but I'd rather have the data if it's possible to take out the drive > and hook it up some other way. > > This drive is full of nothing but Leica photos ;-) so it's on > topic. Has anybody ever opened a drive like this successfully? I > found a U-Tube video showing how to do it. > > Tina > > Tina Manley > www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information