Bit of a strange one this.

alfiemama

Brilliant thanks you guys. I knew you would be able to help, will get one of those hard caddy's tomorrow.

alfiemama

whispywillow wrote: »

hmmmm...tomorrow?

Definitely, never wake a sleeping baby:rotfl:

closed

you don't need a caddy, you should be able to attach it internally

take the cover off the dell to see what type of connector it has on the drive

alfiemama

oh eck, its getting confusing now. How do I do that closed?

closed

on a modern dell, there is usually a lever to pull, and the side panel will slide off, but it depends on the model

then find the hard disk, and look at the data cable.

wide flat one is ide/pata
thin one is sata

alfiemama

closed wrote: »

on a modern dell, there is usually a lever to pull, and the side panel will slide off, but it depends on the model

then find the hard disk, and look at the data cable.

wide flat one is ide/pata
thin one is sata

Its quite and old model. You lost me at data cable:rotfl: never mind ide and sata. I suppose it will be one of those things you have to see. What do I do with the data cable?

alfiemama

Off to bed now, baby has woken up,will check by tomorrow. But will have a go with the things you have suggested,
thanks again, everyone.

closed

stick it in another pc, copy your data

ide top (probably what you have)

flexrider

alfiemama wrote: »

Its quite and old model. You lost me at data cable:rotfl: never mind ide and sata. I suppose it will be one of those things you have to see. What do I do with the data cable?

Most old drives are known as ide be better if you just but something called a internal disk case(Ebay 5 quid) you can then place the disk inside place the cable to the connection then place it via usb to another computer to recover whats on the drive.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLLQusrmzvI
this video will explain everything
hope that helps

DCFC79

The monitor you use shouldnt matter as long it uses vga which is the cable with the ble bit at each end