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« on: October 11, 2012, 04:40:17 am »Message ID: 620606
My Windows XP (Dell D620) computer won't power on properly (when the power button is pressed, it begins power up, but turns off in ~5 seconds) and I would like to access the content on the hard drive.
I was able to remove the Hard drive and iirc it has a SATA 2.5" hard drive. I would like to buy a connector so that I can access the information. I am looking at those SATA to USB connectors.
Is there anything I need to know in order to do this?
Thoughts
1. Is the new hard drive plug and play? Does it basically become like an oversized thumb drive so that once I hook it up I can access it through "My Computer"? If not, what exactly do I need to do?
2. Do I need to use a computer with the same OS in order to get the data? My old laptop had XP but my new computer is Windows 7.
3. Anything else I need to know?
I'm not the most tech savvy person, so I'm probably missing something here.