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fourthtunz

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The logic board on my powerbook(aluminum)G4 is fried. I would like to get the data off the drive, but would like to do it myself.
will the drive plug into an external carrier rig like any other drive?
I have a granite digital external firewire drive caddy rig.
I assume that the mini drive in the powerbook will not plug into an enclosure that was made for a regular drive? Are there any adapters for this sort of thing? Thanks for the help1
daniel
 
You can put it in an external enclosure and read it that way, though it has to be an enclosure that takes 2.5" IDE drives. A regular 3.5" enclosure will not work for it. There are adapters to use a 2.5" drive in a 3.5" enclosure or bay, but they cost as much as a 2.5" enclosure.
 
livingfortoday said:
You can put it in an external enclosure and read it that way, though it has to be an enclosure that takes 2.5" IDE drives. A regular 3.5" enclosure will not work for it. There are adapters to use a 2.5" drive in a 3.5" enclosure or bay, but they cost as much as a 2.5" enclosure.

Thanks! I guess I wasn't sure if there was such a thing. Check this out, if anybodies got a cheaper way out let me know!
http://www.granitedigital.com/catalog/pg64_usbtosataidebridge.htm
daniel
 
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