I did not look up the Hitachi laptop drive model you gave but most 
likely it's what is referred to as a 2.5" drive. The simple way to get 
data off of it is to use an 2.5" to 3.5" adapter. Here is a link to ebay 
to show you a picture of one. There are many designs of the adapter. The 
link: 
http://item.express.ebay.com/USA-New-Laptop-IDE-2-5-3-5-Hard-Drive-Adaptor-44-40pin_W0QQitemZ160104726390QQihZ006QQtrZexpQQcmdZExpressItem
Also, if you put the drive into a USB or Firewire external case you can 
use it as an extra drive but the case cost is more.

Steve Howe wrote:

>I had an HP laptop computer whose mother board died and I have removed the hard drive and am trying to figure out how to read it.  I have a couple of things I would like to recover.  It is a Hitachi, Model #HTS428060F9AT00.  The attaching end has 22 female pin openings and a 4 pin male device on the side.  Do I have a chance in Hell?
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