How to retrieve photos from a pc with no graphics card

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Sparky29 wrote: »

How are these powered and do I need to buy any cables?

They come with all of the necessary cables.

If just for an IDE drive, look here

For both types, look here

googler

What other PCs do you have available?

Most PCs have one or more slots for secondary HDDs to be mounted internally. If you have a PC with a spare slot, you don't need the caddy.

Take HDD from old machine, open up new machine, insert HDD.

The only hiccup is if the types of HDD don't match between machines - SATA in one, HDD in other - but you can get adaptors from Maplin and other computing suppliers.

spakkker

You can just connect hdd to another pc by disconnecting and using the dvd/cd connector cables in the 2nd pc - if they are the right ones.
An ide cable , flat, 5cm wide, can connect to 2 devices.
Or use cables from your pc if there's a spare motherboard connector in the 2nd pc

Sparky29

googler wrote: »

What other PCs do you have available?

I only have a laptop that I bought about 6 weeks ago so I can't fit it as a secondary drive.

It is a Samsung SpinPoint P 120GB 8MB SP1213C SATA.

TakeThis

Sparky29 wrote: »

I only have a laptop that I bought about 6 weeks ago so I can't fit it as a secondary drive.

It is a Samsung SpinPoint P 120GB 8MB SP1213C SATA.

In this case; 3.5 SATA TO USB HD Hard Disk Drive Enclosure £10.20 inc delivery.

20p more for the version in silver

Play have one for £9.99(but read the reviews).

GunJack

Can you just not take the duff gfx card out, and plug the monitor into the normal vga output of the motherboard's onboard graphics ?????????

Sparky29

GunJack wrote: »

Can you just not take the duff gfx card out, and plug the monitor into the normal vga output of the motherboard's onboard graphics ?????????

I probably could if I knew what you were on about!! Thanks.

I've ordered a caddy - seems the simplest option.

Thanks to everybody for your help and advice :beer:

GunJack

Sparky29 wrote: »

I probably could if I knew what you were on about!!

pretty much ALL pc motherboards have graphics capabilities built in to the main board (or motherboard, or mobo) in the same way the sound chips are on there too. Look at the back of your pc - the monitor connection from your graphics card ( or gfx card) will be towards the bottom of the case. Further up, probably just above the USB ports, should be a normal VGA (D-sub) port, which is fed from the mobo gfx chip, NOT the gfx card... so, take the graphics card out of the pc, connect your monitor to that VGA port, and bob's yer mother's brother

I'll try and find you a picture

image showing monitor connected to a graphics card - note the position on the back of the pc
http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=vga+port+on+mobo&um=1&hl=en&biw=1024&bih=564&tbm=isch&tbnid=9z-HsZNBeYCbTM:&imgrefurl=http://support.gateway.com/s/MOTHERBD/Intel2/2519040/2519040faq30.shtml&docid=W0qroxPJES3zDM&imgurl=http://cdnsupport.gateway.com/s/motherbd/intel2/2519040/251904002.jpg&w=345&h=270&ei=ukfATvn1GMeWhQfo6eysBA&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=336&sig=100628852591641550441&page=1&tbnh=108&tbnw=122&start=0&ndsp=18&ved=1t:429,r:3,s:0&tx=59&ty=51

image showing the mobo connections - pay attention to the VGA output.
http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=vga+port+on+mobo&um=1&hl=en&biw=1024&bih=564&tbm=isch&tbnid=RIrXs4adHdcJcM:&imgrefurl=http://www.techiwarehouse.com/cat/13/Motherboard&docid=kWs-k3Rf-80haM&imgurl=http://www.techiwarehouse.com/i/Motherboard/Motherboard2.jpg&w=430&h=400&ei=ukfATvn1GMeWhQfo6eysBA&zoom=1

GunJack

if you leave the graphics card in the pc, it bypasses the onboard graphics, hence why I said to remove it

Sparky29

GunJack wrote: »

pretty much ALL pc motherboards have graphics capabilities built in to the main board (or motherboard, or mobo) in the same way the sound chips are on there too. Look at the back of your pc - the monitor connection from your graphics card ( or gfx card) will be towards the bottom of the case. Further up, probably just above the USB ports, should be a normal VGA (D-sub) port, which is fed from the mobo gfx chip, NOT the gfx card... so, take the graphics card out of the pc, connect your monitor to that VGA port, and bob's yer mother's brother

I'll try and find you a picture

image showing monitor connected to a graphics card - note the position on the back of the pc
http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=vga+port+on+mobo&um=1&hl=en&biw=1024&bih=564&tbm=isch&tbnid=9z-HsZNBeYCbTM:&imgrefurl=http://support.gateway.com/s/MOTHERBD/Intel2/2519040/2519040faq30.shtml&docid=W0qroxPJES3zDM&imgurl=http://cdnsupport.gateway.com/s/motherbd/intel2/2519040/251904002.jpg&w=345&h=270&ei=ukfATvn1GMeWhQfo6eysBA&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=336&sig=100628852591641550441&page=1&tbnh=108&tbnw=122&start=0&ndsp=18&ved=1t:429,r:3,s:0&tx=59&ty=51

image showing the mobo connections - pay attention to the VGA output.
http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=vga+port+on+mobo&um=1&hl=en&biw=1024&bih=564&tbm=isch&tbnid=RIrXs4adHdcJcM:&imgrefurl=http://www.techiwarehouse.com/cat/13/Motherboard&docid=kWs-k3Rf-80haM&imgurl=http://www.techiwarehouse.com/i/Motherboard/Motherboard2.jpg&w=430&h=400&ei=ukfATvn1GMeWhQfo6eysBA&zoom=1[/QUOTE

My motherboard is an ASUS A7N8 deluxe nforce2 which hasn't got a VGA port