Need Access Laptop HDD as External

Arielluria · Arielluria #1 (**permalink**)

08-26-2009, 09:14 PM

My Fujitsu laptop screen died, but HDD is ok. I need to connect to it and get those files as if it were an external HDD. Apparently file sharing is either not turned on so I can't see it via the ethernet.........any ideas????????

Alternately, I'd be happy if I could just force the laptop to show on another monitor, but simply hooking up my monitor to it didn't work. The laptop runs Windows XP Pro.

Collin Bl · Collin Bl #2 (**permalink**)

08-26-2009, 10:10 PM

Easy enough to sort on a Mac but PC - no idea.

bobtomay · bobtomay #3 (**permalink**)

08-26-2009, 10:25 PM

Get yourself a kit like this one - this will let you connect the drive as an external to your Mac via USB. Won't be able to write to the drive if it's NTFS, but OS X can read from it.

Just picked up that one myself a couple of weeks ago. So far it's worked with all the drives I've tried.

(Thanks to chscag for even knowing about this type of kit.)

margaret438 · margaret438 #4 (**permalink**)

08-26-2009, 11:57 PM

agree with bobtomay -- i have a similar product. have used on several pcs to read/take off data. take hdd out of pc and attach according to directions. easy.

Arielluria · Arielluria #5 (**permalink**)

08-27-2009, 12:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bobtomay

Get yourself a kit like this one - this will let you connect the drive as an external to your Mac via USB. Won't be able to write to the drive if it's NTFS, but OS X can read from it.

Just picked up that one myself a couple of weeks ago. So far it's worked with all the drives I've tried.

(Thanks to chscag for even knowing about this type of kit.)

Thanks! I'll try that!.

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Member Since: Mar 17, 2009 Posts: 98	08-26-2009, 09:14 PM My Fujitsu laptop screen died, but HDD is ok. I need to connect to it and get those files as if it were an external HDD. Apparently file sharing is either not turned on so I can't see it via the ethernet.........any ideas???????? Alternately, I'd be happy if I could just force the laptop to show on another monitor, but simply hooking up my monitor to it didn't work. The laptop runs Windows XP Pro. A righteous man has regard for the life of his animal (Proverbs 12:10) Adopt a pet on petfinder.com Mac OSX
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Member Since: Apr 07, 2009 Location: Napier NZ Posts: 3,273 Mac Specs: 27 iMac i5, 2.4 C2D MBP & iMac 20, 1TB dual TC, AppleTV, iPh4	08-26-2009, 10:10 PM Easy enough to sort on a Mac but PC - no idea.
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margaret438 #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 18, 2008 Posts: 143	08-26-2009, 11:57 PM agree with bobtomay -- i have a similar product. have used on several pcs to read/take off data. take hdd out of pc and attach according to directions. easy.
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