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From: Jeff Strickland on 30 Oct 2009 11:08 "sandy58" <aleckie68(a)googlemail.com> wrote in message news:dc17a420-bf98-4a7a-8617-9833320d985e(a)l2g2000yqd.googlegroups.com... On Oct 29, 5:03 pm, "Jeff Strickland" <crwlrj...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > "James D. Andrews" <jamesdandr...(a)att.net> wrote in > messagenews:4AE9172E.4010406(a)att.net... > > > > > computergal wrote: > >> I have an very old AT&T Globalyst 375T PC from 1995. I held on to it > >> over the years because I wanted to take the hard drive out as it > >> contained confidential information. Well, today I finally decided to do > >> it. > > >> Got the case off, disconnected the cable and the power cord from the > >> hard > >> drive and looked for the screws that connected the hard drive to the > >> box > >> containing it that was affixed to the case. And I looked and I looked. > >> Although the hard drive had screws in it, they weren't the screws > >> connecting the hard drive to the box. Although the drive and the box > >> were firmly affixed to the frame, no screws were doing the job. > > >> Then I saw what looked like metal clips, more like wings that might be > >> holding the box in place. So I tried to manipulate this clips/wings, > >> pushing and pulling gently but it was firm. Then I though that the box > >> containing the hard drive would slip out. No that didn't work. > > >> I never seen a hard drive affixed this way before. The computer does > >> not > >> have ethernet, usb capability or direct cable capability. The only way > >> I > >> am going to be able to get the info off the hard drive is to either > >> burn > >> some CD's or take another computer and hook its cables up to the old > >> computer to read the hard drive. All a pain in the butt. > > >> So anybody remember anything about this kind of construction and tell > >> me > >> how to unfasten the hard drive. I thought there was a chance somebody > >> would know.. > > > Can't figure out your hard drive installation problem, but to copy or > > move > > that information from your hard drive, I can recommend a new toy I just > > started playing with not that long ago - provided you have another > > computer nearby. > > > An IDE/SATA to USB adapter. You plug the IDE connector into your hard > > drive, you plug the USB end into a working computer with USB, voila! > > There's your other drive to do with as you please. You can move the > > info, > > reformat the drive, and so on. > > > You can get one on-line for about $25 or so. > > James, you have something horribly wrong with your settings. The narrow sentences are his sig. :-) He's not the only one around doing the same. :-) <JS> That's the horrible setting, for sure. Now, if I could fix my settings so that I didn't have to mark my Reply to GoogleGroups postings with <JS> and </JS>, another horrible setting in the universe could be wiped out. </JS>
From: Repesteeltje on 31 Oct 2009 17:01
Witch operationsystem do you have on it? Win 95 or 98 or 98SE? Janus "computergal" <computergal(a)idontknowwhattodo.org> schreef in bericht news:hcaooq$e0j$1(a)aioe.org... >I have an very old AT&T Globalyst 375T PC from 1995. I held on to it over >the years because I wanted to take the hard drive out as it contained >confidential information. Well, today I finally decided to do it. > > Got the case off, disconnected the cable and the power cord from the hard > drive and looked for the screws that connected the hard drive to the box > containing it that was affixed to the case. And I looked and I looked. > Although the hard drive had screws in it, they weren't the screws > connecting the hard drive to the box. Although the drive and the box > were firmly affixed to the frame, no screws were doing the job. > > Then I saw what looked like metal clips, more like wings that might be > holding the box in place. So I tried to manipulate this clips/wings, > pushing and pulling gently but it was firm. Then I though that the box > containing the hard drive would slip out. No that didn't work. > > I never seen a hard drive affixed this way before. The computer does not > have ethernet, usb capability or direct cable capability. The only way I > am going to be able to get the info off the hard drive is to either burn > some CD's or take another computer and hook its cables up to the old > computer to read the hard drive. All a pain in the butt. > > So anybody remember anything about this kind of construction and tell me > how to unfasten the hard drive. I thought there was a chance somebody > would know.. > |