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On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 16:06:39 +0000 Robin Cornelius <robin.cornelius@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Neil Williams wrote: > > So, my questions: > > > > This is a slimline laptop hard drive, Samsung HM250JI. It has a slimline > > laptop connector - from left to right, 7 pins and a gap then 15 pins. > > That sounds like SATA to me not mini IDE. OK - sounds like more hassle though. IIRC it did appear in /dev/ under sda rather than hdc or similar. > I've got SATA on my rig but does it use standard SATA connectors or are > they mini versions of the same thing? http://www.redmondgadgets.com/Portals/7/Other/SSD-2(1)(1).jpg That's about the closest image I could find with GoogleImages. > if its SATA and nobody is any closer your welcome to pop down, I am near > newquay now, just of A30, so not still at falmouth :-) Just need to > check those connectors Thanks, Robin. Newquay isn't far. Could you drop me a line off-list with your address etc.? (Might you be around sometime tomorrow?) I'd like to know whether the drive is cleanable before spending hours on the phone to "Customer Service" after Easter so that I know whether I have to insist on sending the machine without hard drive should I only be offered a repair. -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.data-freedom.org/ http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/ http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/
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