I have a laptop Compaq Presario X1000 and the harddisk
is damaged so I can not use the operating system, XP Home to
save my files.

Is it possible to connect the disk in my ordinary PC
so I can save my files?

It is IDE, the connector looks the same but are they compatible?

Ralph

"Ralph Höglund" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I have a laptop Compaq Presario X1000 and the harddisk
> is damaged so I can not use the operating system, XP Home to
> save my files.
>
> Is it possible to connect the disk in my ordinary PC
> so I can save my files?
>
> It is IDE, the connector looks the same but are they compatible?
>
> Ralph

You can buy a $5.00 adapter to connect the laptop disk
to your desktop's IDE controller. I do not recommend it:
There is a big risk of making the connection back to front,
in which case the disk will be destroyed immediately.

A much safer way is to buy a $15.00 USB case for your
laptop disk.

"Ralph Höglund" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:r%06f.148756$(E-Mail Removed)...
>I have a laptop Compaq Presario X1000 and the harddisk
> is damaged so I can not use the operating system, XP Home to
> save my files.
>
> Is it possible to connect the disk in my ordinary PC
> so I can save my files?
>
> It is IDE, the connector looks the same but are they compatible?
>
> Ralph

This might answer your question: http://www.bay-wolf.com/hddadapter.htm