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dell 1525 inspiron hard drive

Sep 18, 2009 10:18AM PDT

I have a old dell 1525 not working, want to get new computer but, need toget a few pictures off the hard drive. how can i do this.

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Put it in some USB case or use a cable like this one.
Sep 18, 2009 2:02PM PDT
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Turn it into an external USB hard drive
Sep 22, 2009 8:09AM PDT

You can unscrew and unplug the hard drive from you Inspiron 1525 laptop and install it into an external caddy enclosure that will allow you to connect the hard drive to a USB port on another computer. They are cheap. Here is a good one for $15.95

http://www.parts-people.com/index.php?action=item&id=5044

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