Connecting a HDD to a laptop via USB

MrTomato

Hi

I have a Toshiba HDD that came with my HP laptop a while back. I want to connect this HDD to my new laptop without actually fitting it where the current HDD is.

It has 47 pins on the HDD.

Is there some sort of adaptor which will let me connect this to my laptop through a USB port?

Any suggestions/advice?

Thanks.

KeithP

Yes.

You need something like this.

Of course other vendors sell something similar.

fox2319

Maplin do one which comes as a plain cable for £20 here:

http://www.maplin.co.uk/free_uk_delivery/USB_2_0_to_IDE_Adaptor_35057/USB_2_0_to_IDE_Adaptor_35057.htm

I've got one for misc laptop and PC repairs and find it very useful however, if it's just 1 disk you foresee doing then I'd get something like the one KeithP suggests and you can even use it as an external disk after you've retrieved everything from it.