Re: OT: USB Computer-to-Computer
- From: Rich Grise <richgrise@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 16:14:47 GMT
On Sun, 15 May 2005 14:55:35 +1000, Clifford Heath wrote:
> Jim Thompson wrote:
>> My father has an ancient Compaq Presario 1200-XL106 laptop, no network
>> adapter.
>> He's overfilled his hard-drive with photographs of the grandchildren
>
> Far easiest just to pull the drive and swap it into another laptop,
> preferably one that can take two drives. Or get a portable USB-laptop
> drive (under $20). You'll want one to cart data around on anyhow.
>
You don't even need to use another laptop. One of my coworkers came
into my office the other day with a laptop drive that he had bought
an IDE adapter for something like $1.99. We weren't sure which way
it was supposed to plug in; it wasn't keyed. The adapter has a flying
lead to the power connector. So, I tossed a coin, and it didn't work;
flipped the adapter around and it worked like a champ. Interestingly,
the flying lead turned out to come out the other side of the back of
the drive from where the connector is on a "standard" drive.
Cheers!
Rich
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