Getting a hard drive out of a laptop

Simon_B_2

My GF old laptop has died and its got some of her coursework on it.
If i can get the harddrive out a friend has lent me a little USB gadget that will connect to my computer and the old harddrive so i can hopefully get out all the files.
I've taken all the screws out of the unit but it still refuses to come apart i can see the HDD but can't quite get the thing open and don't want to break it in two.

Is there something that i've missed, i've removed the battery but not the cd-rom drive btw

Browntoa

what make laptop..might be an online guide ??

Potiphar

Hi,

Usually once you have the little lip part of the laptop casing off it should be plain sailing, but they can be a bit stiff.

Faint possibility of a final screw holding the drive in, this would prolly be central along the width of the opening.

In almost all cases there will be a smallish (usually white/semi trans) tab on the drive, normally folded underneath it on the exposed edge.

If you can flick this out so that you can grip it you should be able to extract the drive with a little steady tug.

If you're having to force it then something is still screwed together that shouldn't be.

The pins on the HD are tiny and very fragile so be careful

As the previous post said, if you can say what the machine is I might be able to dig up specifcs for you...

HTH!

Simon_B_2

packard bell igo 6000

its here but no real help on it

http://support.packardbell.com/uk/item/index.php?i=platform_J6n&g=1400

Browntoa

once the cover off there is a TAB towards the front edge

pull on that and lift the front up

page 5.9

http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c01035677.pdf

Browntoa

I take it its deffo busted ??

a linux disk would enable you to burn the files off if was just windowsthats corrupted

Simon_B_2

Hey thanks for all the help :T , i think its the computer thats died power connection or something. As far as we know the HD is salvageable i'll give that advice a go this evening

Simon_B_2

Brown Toa you still around? its a Packard Bell IGO 6000 not a Hewlett Packard which i can't seem to find a maintenance manual for

Browntoa

whoops.....

Browntoa

this is the same laptop

ftp://ftp.nec-computers.com/pub/itemnr/REFDOCS02600100/

Simon_B_2

Many thanks for your help i'm just downloading it now