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That's almost certainly a SATA power connector. The 8-pin (sorry, 7 - I never was much good at counting beyond 3) data connector should be next to it:
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I've just extracted the hdd. It has a line of 15-ish pins, then another line of 7. Neither 40 or 8.??????
If it looks like this:
it is SATA. Handily, the SATA interface on laptop hard drives is exactly the same as desktop ones so you can pop the drive in a SATA equipped desktop and get access to the drive and data on it.0 -
Yes it is the one in the photos. I'll certainly have a look at the desktop I have up stairs to see if it is SATA equipped.
Excellent advice all through the thread guys. Many thanks for your input.0 -
One more thing. Is this what I need?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/images/B002V9Y8Q0/ref=dp_image_0?ie=UTF8&n=560798&s=electronics0 -
That'll do the job.0
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