HP Forum Archive 19

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OT: Add to the Recommended List Message #1 Posted by Paul Brogger on 12 May 2009, 12:03 p.m. If you ever have (or anticipate someday having) trouble with a hard drive, pick up one of these. A $20 life-saver! (Well, a data saver, anyway.) Do pay attention! The product's reviews suggest that its use is not completely idiot-proof. (But who'd even want such a feature, anyway?) Edited: 12 May 2009, 12:03 p.m.

Re: OT: Add to the Recommended List Message #2 Posted by Dave Britten on 12 May 2009, 1:11 p.m., in response to message #1 by Paul Brogger I've got that exact cable sitting on the shelf behind me, as a matter of fact. It's great for those times when somebody at work has borked their hard drive and needs some important files recovered. Particularly nice is that it fits 3.5" and 2.5" IDE, as well as SATA. -Dave

Re: OT: Add to the Recommended List Message #3 Posted by designnut on 12 May 2009, 2:49 p.m., in response to message #2 by Dave Britten This is the first computer I had with one disk drive. I plan to have two added, Sam

Re: OT: Add to the Recommended List Message #4 Posted by Jon S Canale on 13 May 2009, 4:48 p.m., in response to message #3 by designnut Bought something similar to this from Microcenter for $14.95. Worked great on several drives. Only problem is to figure out which end of connector is pin 1. Solved that with a paint marker after I figured it out. Is great to have in the "tool kit".

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