Laptop Hard drive connection for desktop

I saw an adapter designed for that purpose back a few years ago. Here is some current info I found and where I found it. An adapter can be found at http://www.datapro.net/products/1920.html

http://www.duxcw.com/faq/hd/laptop.htm
Q. How can I install a laptop hard disk drive in a desktop computer?

A. Kits are widely available that convert most notebook 2 1/2" IDE hard disk drives from a 44-pin cable with power to a standard 40-pin IDE cable without power and a separate power connector. Most of them include a mounting kit so the drive can be installed in a standard 3 1/2" drive bay in a desktop PC. To find more information and vendors that sell them, use http://www.google.com and search with: laptop desktop ide converter. There are also 3 1/2" drive to 5 1/4" drive bay mounting kits that can be used if there is not an unused 3 1/2" drive bay in the desktop PC.

First, you will get more responses if you post questions in the Technical Q&A section of the TR web site.

If the Laptop is dead, you will need to remove the drive, and install it as a slave drive in the desktop.

The last time I looked, there was a kit for this at www.compgeeks.com in the Hard Drive accessories section.

If the Laptop runs okay, and you simply want to access it from the desktop to use the CD-RW drive, or other backup device, you need 1 of 3 forms of networking.

1. Network cards in each along with a CAT5 crossover cable.

2. Parallel port data transfer cable.

3. Serial port data transfer cable.

Of the 3, the network connection will be the fastest, and most flexible.

Chas