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<blockquote data-quote="Torch10th" data-source="post: 13367538" data-attributes="member: 15703"><p>If you don't trust yourself with it, I would find a reputable repair shop to attempt to recover the data. They can put it on a new drive for you where you can then get it back on your computer if you need. The alternative is to disassemble the unit yourself and piece together the necessary power and data transfer cables necessary to have the drive communicate with your computer. Since you're talking about a laptop, I'd just opt out of doing that all together, unless you really feel like digging in to it's guts.</p><p></p><p>Keep in mind that what I've just shown you is exactly what a MyBook is. The only difference is that the MyBook has it's own little nifty case with power supply and some cool lights. Otherwise they stuff it with one of their low quality, slow drives.</p><p></p><p>The dock I've shown has USB 3.0 data transfer available. However if you use it actually as an external SATA drive, you gain further bandwidth, which turns the drive in to more than just a storage utility. It functions then as a normal drive that's built in to your computer.</p><p></p><p>Heck I edit video and audio from mine occasionally if I don't have time to move data.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Torch10th, post: 13367538, member: 15703"] If you don't trust yourself with it, I would find a reputable repair shop to attempt to recover the data. They can put it on a new drive for you where you can then get it back on your computer if you need. The alternative is to disassemble the unit yourself and piece together the necessary power and data transfer cables necessary to have the drive communicate with your computer. Since you're talking about a laptop, I'd just opt out of doing that all together, unless you really feel like digging in to it's guts. Keep in mind that what I've just shown you is exactly what a MyBook is. The only difference is that the MyBook has it's own little nifty case with power supply and some cool lights. Otherwise they stuff it with one of their low quality, slow drives. The dock I've shown has USB 3.0 data transfer available. However if you use it actually as an external SATA drive, you gain further bandwidth, which turns the drive in to more than just a storage utility. It functions then as a normal drive that's built in to your computer. Heck I edit video and audio from mine occasionally if I don't have time to move data. [/QUOTE]
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