I have a Sony PCG-GRX 500K that died, but the hot swappable hard drive (MK4018GAS) is still good. Is there an adaptor cable that will connect from the hard drive to another PC via USB or firewire? Not sure what to input as search criteria. It has 24 pins and a photo can be found here: http://getpartsonline.com/images/gpo/MK4018GAS.jpg
That picture is of a standard IDE 2.5" drive.
So, if you wanted to, you could purchase...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817707116&cm_re=IDE_enclosure-_-17-707-116-_-Product
And that would turn your hard drive into a portable USB hard drive.
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