I have my data BAX!

[percival]

Teh Shiny (i.e. a USB 2.0 enclosure for my notebook hard disk drive) arrived today after ordering it yesterday. Unpacked, unscrewed the HD from its notebook case, plugged it in - WORKS.

I think I will call Teh Shiny Gimli, in honour of the way in which it galloped to my aid as quickly as it could.

Note that yesterday @ PCWorld, the friendly sales staff (HAH) claimed that they did not sell kit to connect Laptop HDs to desktops, that such kit wasn't available via retail, and suggested that I should try eBay.

The MORONS.

Thanks to slowfox for vetting the solution, and to our local computer support guy for his help.

Comments

Re: Yay on Data Rescue!

[perceval.livejournal.com]

backups are good.
so are CD writers for backup.
but even more so DVD writers!

did you try sending that HD to one of the HD recovery places? what happened to it?

that must have been AWFUL

Re: Yay on Data Rescue!

[murasaki99.livejournal.com]

Well, I discovered last week that just because you've backed up your stuff to CDs doesn't mean your new machine will read them. Right now I'm transferring data via USB memory keys - works like a charm.

My drive just crashed and died. The PC was under warranty with Dell, so the repair guy came out and gave me a new drive and even reinstalled Windows ME. But my data went bye-bye with the dead drive. Data recovery companies typically charge $5K and up to recover data from a drive. Not worth it to recover some fanart. But now I back up a little more frequently than once every six months. :-\

Re: Yay on Data Rescue!

[perceval.livejournal.com]

USB keys are the best!

and sorry to hear about loss of art ...

Re: Yay on Data Rescue!

[murasaki99.livejournal.com]

USB keys are getting cheap - got a 256MB Sandisk key for $50. The USB ports on my new machine don't all seem to be working right, however, so now I'm contemplating a call for onsite service if I can't get it sorted out. Always something. :-P

At least now pretty much all my current art is on two PCs - a rather rude form of backup.