Retrieving information from an old hard drive?

[Bailey]

Well my laptop broke (screen) and he put in a new hard drive for me aswell, but I have all my music, photos, videos etc on old hard drive so I was wondering if anyone could tell me how to retrieve it?

Thanks

[N!ck]

You got an external drive or a desktop PC?

[Apolva]

One of these would do: USB to IDE/SATA adapter

Like this one: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/280483599800

[Bailey]

One of these would do: USB to IDE/SATA adapter

Like this one: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/280483599800

So would one end fit into my hard drive and the other into the USB socket, or am I missing something obvious?

[Apolva]

So would one end fit into my hard drive and the other into the USB socket, or am I missing something obvious?

Should do, yes. The one I linked to is one of the cheapest on eBay. You might want to get a more expensive one as some come with a power adapter as well (what this is for I don't know, possibly for 3.5" HDDs or faster transfer rate).

[The Professor]

Should do, yes. The one I linked to is one of the cheapest on eBay. You might want to get a more expensive one as some come with a power adapter as well (what this is for I don't know, possibly for 3.5" HDDs or faster transfer rate).

It'll be for 3.5" drives :) 2.5" don't need a power adaptor

[Bailey]

So I won't need one with a power pack seeing as its a standard laptop hard drive?

Cheers :)