removing harddrive?

carriew

I have my old pc tower to get rid of and want to put it on freecycle as I know there is someone in my area always looking for old pcs to tinker with

BUT I want to take out the harddrive first but not sure how ... well I am a girl

have taken the sides off peered in .... and made another coffee :cool:

can someone help please? :rolleyes:

aliEnRIK

Theres screws holding it in the sides and 2 connectors at the back which just pull out (Can be quite tight though)

nembot

Hi,

The hard drive should look very similar to the picture below, they are either held in by screws or on a slide which will require you to press in/pull out the tabs before you can slide the drive out.

Take care not to cut yourself, as some cases have sharp edges.

Best way to destroy data, if you decide to is hit the top with a big hammer... (wear eye protection just in case).

carriew

thankyou both so much :A

have done it!!
I love this site:T ,,,,,, alway so helpful. can get rid of it now


now is there anyone who could do my ironing ? :rotfl:

vyseyboy

If the old hard drive is reasonably sized, you could keep it and put it something like this:

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.7917

Use it as a USB external hard drive, for music / pictures / videos / backups.
There are cheaper enclosures, but most only fit one type of hard drive (IDE or SATA) whereas this one will accept both types. If you can figure out what kind you have, you could get an enclosure and power supply for about £10.

Sorry but as for ironing, no chance, it'll end up with more creases than when I started. (Two left hands)

carriew

thanks didnt know you could do that

dont know if its working tho as that pc wouldnt boot up anymore but I do have some stuff on there that I would like to retrive

windra

If it wouldnt boot iit is still highly likely that it will still work if you put it in another computer as a secondary hard drive.

Its simple to do, in your new computer open the case like you did before, BUT take the cables out of the back of your DVD drive and plug them into the old hardrive.

Dont screw it in just let it hang out of the PC but lay it flat, start up your pc and it should be shown in 'my computer'.

This is asuming you have an IDE hard drive,if the connections are not the same on the hard drive as the dvd drive, you will need to plug it into a SATA port...a different type of connection (usully a thin orange/red/yellow) cable with the same color slot on the motherboard.

samhale

And change the jumpers from Master to Slave...