http://www.addedbytes.com/article/computer-trouble/Latest comments on Computer Trouble on AddedBytes.comhttp://www.addedbytes.com/article/computer-trouble/comments/http://www.addedbytes.com/article/computer-trouble/comments/Comment by Dave Child ( <a href="http://www.addedbytes.com">http://www.addedbytes.com</a> )<br /><br />Not a bad idea, Evan. Thanks.http://www.addedbytes.com/article/computer-trouble/comments/http://www.addedbytes.com/article/computer-trouble/comments/Comment by Evan ( <a href=""></a> )<br /><br />Just goto ebay and buy a hard drive to usb cable. <br /> <br />search [sata ide] <br /> <br />It's basically a 3 headed connector to read hard drives with usb. <br /> <br />The cable itself has 3 connectors: <br />2.5" IDE - for laptop hard drives <br />3.5" IDE - for standard desktop drives <br />sata - for serial ata hard drives <br /> <br />You may not be able to use the hard drive for an operating system again (if the bootsector is damaged) but at least you'll be able to recover your data.http://www.addedbytes.com/article/computer-trouble/comments/http://www.addedbytes.com/article/computer-trouble/comments/Comment by john ( <a href="http://www.frostandchauhan.com">http://www.frostandchauhan.com</a> )<br /><br />you will have nephews until you recover all that data <br />are you sure it should take that much? <br />maybe you should go to a specialist in recovering data <br />good luck,http://www.addedbytes.com/article/computer-trouble/comments/http://www.addedbytes.com/article/computer-trouble/comments/Comment by MostDef ( <a href="http://www.growchat.co.uk">http://www.growchat.co.uk</a> )<br /><br />sounds like you'll be quicker buying a new drive, good luck on the data recovery of the current one.