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!

[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.