Motherboard failed - How to extract files from Harddrive?

[gemzster]

I have a gateway laptop which is about 3 years old. The laptop over heated & has caused the motherboard to fail. I have lots of files/photos on the harddrive that I would like to retrieve however I do not want to pay ridiculous prices for an IT shop to retrieve them or pay for another motherboard. If anyone knows how to get these off or how to turn the internal harddrive into an external USB harddrive please can you contact me??

 

Many Thanks!!! :)

[Plastic Nev]

Hi and welcome to Extreme Tech Support - Free PC Help.

There are what is known as a caddy available, you fit the drive into it and then plug it into a USB port. Have a look here-

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=221180

 

Or much cheaper here- Amazon.com: USB 2.0 to IDE 2.5" Hard Disk Drive HDD Aluminum External Case Enclosure: Computer & Accessories

 

Once the drive is removed, you will be able to tell whether it is IDE Broad flat cable, or SATA much smaller cable. Select whichever enclosure suites.

Nev.

[Dalo Harkin]

You also rather than using a caddy can hook the HDD up out of the case and use an external SATA port if your PC has one, if the HDD is IDE then follow the same process with the IDE cable