My Toshiba Hard Drive

wt81674 · 07-31-2008, 02:23 PM

I have a Toshiba sattelite model 1955s805 and it went dead about a week ago. I have tried everything I can think of to try to get it working again with no luck. I just finished some work and saved it before it went dead but i didnt have a chance to burn it to cd. I need to know how I can get this file off of this hard drive. I dont know much about this stuff. If I took the hard drive out, could I put it another laptop, or would it have to be one the same model as mine? Please help me and let me know what my options are. I have alot of time in the work that is saved.

**TriggerFinger** · 07-31-2008, 03:45 PM

Hi, your best option is to use an external drive enclosure and connect it to a PC or another computer via USB.

**peterhuang913** · 07-31-2008, 03:48 PM

You can take it out and put in a desktop computer or put it in an external enclosure.

wt81674 · 08-01-2008, 10:39 AM

Someone told me that if I tried to put my laptop hard drive in another laptop or desktop it would crash because all of the hardware settings would be for my toshiba laptop. Is this true or would it make a difference? Also what exactly is an external enclosure? and also how much does it cost? Thanks for the help

**TriggerFinger** · 08-01-2008, 10:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ***81674

Someone told me that if I tried to put my laptop hard drive in another laptop or desktop it would crash because all of the hardware settings would be for my toshiba laptop. Is this true or would it make a difference? -- TRUE. That is why you need to add it and not use it as the primary drive. The best way is to use an external enclosure via USB.

Also what exactly is an external enclosure? and also how much does it cost? -- check this out:
http://www.microbarn.com/details.asp...source=froogle

Thanks for the help

EDIT:
Make sure the enclosure supports your drive. If your drive is SATA get a SATA compatible enclosure.

07-31-2008, 02:23 PM	#1 (permalink)
wt81674 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 5 OS: xp	My Toshiba Hard Drive I have a Toshiba sattelite model 1955s805 and it went dead about a week ago. I have tried everything I can think of to try to get it working again with no luck. I just finished some work and saved it before it went dead but i didnt have a chance to burn it to cd. I need to know how I can get this file off of this hard drive. I dont know much about this stuff. If I took the hard drive out, could I put it another laptop, or would it have to be one the same model as mine? Please help me and let me know what my options are. I have alot of time in the work that is saved.

07-31-2008, 03:45 PM	#2 (permalink)
TriggerFinger Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: USA Posts: 11,826 OS: Vista SP1, XP SP3, PCLinuxOS2007	Re: My Toshiba Hard Drive Hi, your best option is to use an external drive enclosure and connect it to a PC or another computer via USB. __________________ DBAN - Memtest86+ - BartPE - Linux LiveCD - ImgBurn - HDD Diags - Disk Copy HOW TO BURN AN ISO FILE

07-31-2008, 03:48 PM	#3 (permalink)
peterhuang913 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 946 OS: XP Home SP2	Re: My Toshiba Hard Drive You can take it out and put in a desktop computer or put it in an external enclosure.

08-01-2008, 10:39 AM	#4 (permalink)
wt81674 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 5 OS: xp	Re: My Toshiba Hard Drive Someone told me that if I tried to put my laptop hard drive in another laptop or desktop it would crash because all of the hardware settings would be for my toshiba laptop. Is this true or would it make a difference? Also what exactly is an external enclosure? and also how much does it cost? Thanks for the help