Dropped; no power; need to get info off HD

We need to pull the HD out of our old PB_G4 which was dropped on the power connection. There is no power and the battery is dead.
Is there an external power box that I can buy that will accept the HD? I'm not sure how the laptop drives differ from desktop connections. Are they IDE? Anybody have any experience with this? Thanks...
Message was edited by: Pete_MacKay

I have successfully used an adapter like the one in this eBay auction to adapt 2.5" laptop drives to "standard" desktop drive cables:
2.5" Laptop HD to 3.5" Desktop Hard Drive IDE Adaptor
Great care must be used to get it on the correct pins on the laptop drive. Some desktop drive cables have keying or blanked-out pins that can cause problems. But once these minor annoyances are dealt with, these adapters can be very handy. I have used one of these with great success in reading, writing, and initializing laptop drives for powerbooks and ibooks.
Fracturing the pins on the power inlet is a fairly common problem with powerbooks. Sometimes the socket can be re-soldered onto its carrier board. Since everything in powerbooks has gone surface-mount, these parts are not as strong as they would be if the pins from the power socket were inserted into through-holes rather than just surface soldered.

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