T22 BoD, need to get data from hard drive

[johnson0904]

I have a T22 that won't boot, when pressing the power switch, I get the usual hard drive flicker, then nothing. After reading most of the available advice, I checked the battery, the adapter, the CMOS battery, unhooked all of the add-in cards, memory, hard disk, etc with no resolution.

I am to the point of buying a replacement motherboard, but I actually would just be satisfied to retreive the data on the hard disk then move on to a newer model.

Could someone recommend a hard drive adapter that I could use to connect my T22 hard disk to another PC in order to extract the data?

Thanks,

[rkawakami]

Welcome to thinkpads.com!

You have two methods to connect your T22 hard drive to another computer:

- external USB hard drive enclosure which accepts laptop (2.5") drive
- laptop-to-desktop adapter (2.5" to 5.25")

A quick search using Google came up with this:

http://www.priorityelectronics.com/lapt ... ddrive.htm

My preference would be the USB external housing as that will enable you to move the drive between any system that has a USB port. Getting one that supports USB 2.0 will be best for the quickest transfer speed.

[nikki605]

I like Ray's idea of an external enclosure. When I was having power problems with my 21 and needed to get data off of the drive, that's what I got. I connected it to my desktop system and the drive popped right up in My Computer.

You can probably find a better price than I did if you buy online, but I was in a hurry. I went to my local Best Buy and bought an adaptec model ACS-120 for about $30. It supports USB 2.0 and doesn't require external power if the USB port you are attaching to has power. The enclosure has a plug for external power (5V) but it does not come with a power supply adapter.

Then, if you do junk the laptop, you have a nice backup drive already in a USB case.