I went to my local Big-giant "Great Buy" electronics store and got a 2.5" 
USB hard drive enclosure for my old laptop's hard drive.  Plugs right in!

You shouldn't have any problems and you can also find these enclosures at 
your favorite online merchant such as tigerdirect, etc. for around 30 - $50.
Also, for under $15 you can shop for a 3.5 to 2.5 conversion adapter which 
will allow you to connect to your desktop computer's IDE cable/power.

hope this helps.

gary r. tennesen
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Howe" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2007 7:04 AM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Hard Drive


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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