Recent content by gpfromnc

Thanks webworkings for following this thread. The ide to usb adapter I ordered came yesterday and I have been able to access the drive. Unfortunately the files that I was hoping to be able to retrieve seem to be corrupted. I can see the file titles, but they won't display or copy. I'm using...

Thanks webworkings. I have ordered 2.5 ide to usb adapter as of this morning and will see if that makes any difference. I read on one of the forums (don't remember which one now) that jumper settings on the drive might be the problem. At present none of the pins are jumpered. I doubt this...

I have a drive (Toshiba 60GB 4200RPM IDE 2.5 inch Laptop Hard Drive (MK6021GAS)) from a Tosiba laptop. The laptop is dead and I want to get the data off the drive. I purchased a 44 to 40 pin adapter to allow me to place the drive in an old desktop, but the drive does not spin up when...