1992Chevy K1500 Posted September 9, 2009 Report Share Posted September 9, 2009 (edited) So I dropped my laptop the other day. And now it won't work. It'll power up, but that's it. It won't load windows (even in safe mode). I have very important data on there that I need to get (if possible). I can't find what type of hard drive connector it uses (IDE, SATA). I was thinking of buying an external 2.5" HDD enclosure and need help deciding which to get. If anyone knows what type of connector it uses, could you let me know and recommend an adaptor? I was looking at one of these 3: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList....amp;srchInDesc= because they claim both SATA and IDE. BTW, it's a Compaq Presario V6120US. Thanks in advance. EDIT: I got it christmas '06, so I know it's old. But I would like to keep it if possible. Does anyone have any hard drive recommendations for this computer? Edited September 13, 2009 by 1992Chevy K1500 My comp setup (Not bad for what it is): HP Compaq Presario V6120US laptop with: 15.4" widescreen AMD Turion 64 X2 1.6GHz processor 2x1GB stick DDR2 SDRAM (667 Mhz) Seagate Momentus 500GB SATA HDD 128MB shared video memory Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit 12 cell Lithium Ion battery (actual battery usage time: 6 hours) What it does: On a USB 2.0 Wireless card Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dred Posted September 9, 2009 Report Share Posted September 9, 2009 Why not take the drive out? If it has lots of pins: its probably an ide/pata drive. if no pins: its a sata disk. grtz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1992Chevy K1500 Posted September 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2009 (edited) Been trying. It's not easy (I need to buy a small screwdriver). Thanks for the pics. That'll help a lot. Edited September 9, 2009 by 1992Chevy K1500 My comp setup (Not bad for what it is): HP Compaq Presario V6120US laptop with: 15.4" widescreen AMD Turion 64 X2 1.6GHz processor 2x1GB stick DDR2 SDRAM (667 Mhz) Seagate Momentus 500GB SATA HDD 128MB shared video memory Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit 12 cell Lithium Ion battery (actual battery usage time: 6 hours) What it does: On a USB 2.0 Wireless card Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 9, 2009 Report Share Posted September 9, 2009 "100GB 5400rpm SATA Hard Drive" source: http://compreviews.about.com/od/budgetnote...mpaqV6120US.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1992Chevy K1500 Posted September 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2009 Thanks for the link. And thanks for taking the time to find it for me (I can't google worth a damn). My comp setup (Not bad for what it is): HP Compaq Presario V6120US laptop with: 15.4" widescreen AMD Turion 64 X2 1.6GHz processor 2x1GB stick DDR2 SDRAM (667 Mhz) Seagate Momentus 500GB SATA HDD 128MB shared video memory Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit 12 cell Lithium Ion battery (actual battery usage time: 6 hours) What it does: On a USB 2.0 Wireless card Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SocoJoe Posted September 9, 2009 Report Share Posted September 9, 2009 You might have knocked the hdd loose or possibly the memory. Find yourself a small enough screw driver and pop the hdd out then back in, then check your memory and do the same. The Setup 2009 Volkswagen Jetta 2 Alpine SWR-1222D's in 2 seperate boxes tuned to 33hz 1 Kicker ZX1001.1 Stock 140A Alt Stock speakers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dred Posted September 9, 2009 Report Share Posted September 9, 2009 I think you could also use the Notebook Product Number or Model Number and even the Warranty Check And while i'm @ it ... Removing and Replacing the Hard Disk Drive for the dv6000 and V6000 series notebook PC Looks like it's Sata b.t.w. Good Luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1992Chevy K1500 Posted September 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2009 Thanks for the link dred. But it's no longer under warranty (I had to send it in once and it wasn't under warranty then, so I had to pay for the repairs). I got the HDD out and it looks to be in good shape. It was connected (not loose). I plugged it back in to be sure and still had the same problem (well almost). Now it gets as far as the loading windows screen (the one with the bar running acroos the bottom) and just sits there (the HDD external LED blinks a warning light indicating a problem). I'm gonna try it again, but would still like to replace it (it's old and clogged with stuff and only has 10 GB's of space left anyway; my fault ) It's SATA (it says Serial AT, so I'm pretty sure ). I'll get to looking on Newegg. Thanks again! My comp setup (Not bad for what it is): HP Compaq Presario V6120US laptop with: 15.4" widescreen AMD Turion 64 X2 1.6GHz processor 2x1GB stick DDR2 SDRAM (667 Mhz) Seagate Momentus 500GB SATA HDD 128MB shared video memory Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit 12 cell Lithium Ion battery (actual battery usage time: 6 hours) What it does: On a USB 2.0 Wireless card Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1992Chevy K1500 Posted September 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2009 (edited) So I'm quite disappointed with Newegg. They only have two 2.5" HDD and both are less than 100 GB. Not really their fault, there's just not much demand for those drives. I found 2 on Amazon.com and was wondering what ya'll thought of them. http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-Scor...1358&sr=8-6 A 320GB one. http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-2-5-...2834&sr=8-2 And a 500GB one. What ya'll think of them? EDIT: fixed the link for the 500GB drive (wrong link) Edited September 10, 2009 by 1992Chevy K1500 My comp setup (Not bad for what it is): HP Compaq Presario V6120US laptop with: 15.4" widescreen AMD Turion 64 X2 1.6GHz processor 2x1GB stick DDR2 SDRAM (667 Mhz) Seagate Momentus 500GB SATA HDD 128MB shared video memory Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit 12 cell Lithium Ion battery (actual battery usage time: 6 hours) What it does: On a USB 2.0 Wireless card Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SocoJoe Posted September 10, 2009 Report Share Posted September 10, 2009 So I'm quite disappointed with Newegg. They only have two 2.5" HDD and both are less than 100 GB. Not really their fault, there's just not much demand for those drives. I found 2 on Amazon.com and was wondering what ya'll thought of them.http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-Scor...1358&sr=8-6 A 320GB one. http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-2-5-...2834&sr=8-2 And a 500GB one. What ya'll think of them? EDIT: fixed the link for the 500GB drive (wrong link) http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory.as...top-Hard-Drives Not sure what you were looking at, but thats Newegg's selection's of 2.5" HDD. The Setup 2009 Volkswagen Jetta 2 Alpine SWR-1222D's in 2 seperate boxes tuned to 33hz 1 Kicker ZX1001.1 Stock 140A Alt Stock speakers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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