Hi,
I am not very tech savvy, so would really appreciate if answers could be kept simple/easy to follow.
My old laptop – Toshiba Sattellite M100, recently crashed/died/went kaput/went to calculator heaven – Windows Repair did nothing, I really need to retrieve the data from the old lap top, so brought a “Big Ant 2.5″ External Enclosure” so I could attach the hard drive to my other lap-top – a Dell Studio 1555.
Have attached it (via usb ports) and though it registers as a USB device, I am unable to view/access it, it does not show in the “Computer” panel.
The Dell is running Windows Vista Home Premium, the Toshiba was also on Windows Vista (pretty sure also Home Premium, but not 100% on that)
As I’m not in the position to pay hundreds of dollars to a specialist retrieval company, and I REALLY need the data from the old lap top, I would really really appreciate any help.
I know I should have done an external back-up of the data on the Toshiba, but sadly I didn’t get round to it in time (I have already made an external back up of the Dell), but believe me, I have learned my lesson the hard way 🙁