Data Recovery

[Peter L. Peres]

On Fri, 13 Aug 2004, Henry Spencer wrote:

> On Fri, 13 Aug 2004, JoeHill wrote:
>> BTW, I meant to ask before, why in the name of all that is holy is it so
>> freaking hard to disconnect power cables from HD's?!
>
> Well, you don't want them to disconnect themselves by accident...! :-)
>
> That said, it's hard because they use an old, cheap connector design,
> which we now seem to be stuck with forever.  It's all IBM's fault. :-)

It happens to be a good and not so cheap connector that is widely 
available. Nearly all connectors of this type come in two flavors: 
standard (assembly connector) and easy disconnect. The difference is the 
height of the little claws that make removal so hard. I have never seen a 
IDE power connector (Amphenol something or other) of the 'easy disconnect' 
type but you can dyi: take a sharp carpet knife and remove about half the 
height of the plastic bumps on the male connector. Use this at your own 
risk.

Peter
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