Its an adapter. Is the drive in an enclosure? Did you try to remove it?
Terry

"lizzieb" <noway@btinternet.com> wrote in message 
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> Hi - I am new to working on laptops so my question may be a bit simple. 
> The laptop got dropped and is off getting fixed but I took the hard drive 
> out and now would like to see if I can rescue the data by connecting it to 
> the ide of my PC.  I have got a 2.5 hd to IDE cable but the drive has pins 
> that wouldn't fit the connector. Just one row of slim pins.  Is there some 
> adapter on the HD that I just have to remove or do Toshiba laptop drives 
> have special connectors?
>
> Would appreciate any help.
>
> Thanks
>
> Lizzie
>