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Thanks for the offer - I found an 40-44pin adaptor for 5.80 inc postage though perhaps the USB thing might have been a better option. Now to see if I can find out what died on the laptop - guess it might be the power regulator... Tom te tom te tom --- On Tue, 23/6/09, Rob Beard <rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Rob Beard <rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: [LUG] Laptop died! > To: list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Tuesday, 23 June, 2009, 3:46 PM > tom potts wrote: > > I'm off down town in the missuses car - I've just got > rid of mine so no chance of a long drive to fetch a very > generously offered IDE connector - to see if I can find one > else I might have to beg a posting.. > > Tom te tom te tom > > > If you get desperate I can stick mine if a jiffy bag and > send it over, I > will need it back in a few days but at least it'll mean you > can get the > data off the drive. Saying that, mine cost about £7 > (which is a bit > steep for what it is) so maybe you might find one in a > local computer shop. > > If all fails this would probably do the job at under a > tenner (plus > postage at a couple of quid): http://www.ebuyer.com/product/130517 > > Rob > > > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html > -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html