ok, now i need a normal basic spec nerd to translate what you lot just said

the cose don't seem to have any screws on nit, but it's languishing at the other house at the moment as i have ventured home

i will also require the services of someone who can repair leather as we now have a hole in the sofa from some sort of puncture wound that needs gluing back into place

as for the hard drive, what i want is to be able to retrive the pictures from it, sod the warranty as i'm about to go balistic when they open up tomorrow and give them all sorts of shit down the phone

it's like buying a racing harness which then doesn't work and kills you and the shop saying "well, we can replace the harness"
what fucking good is that

ok, how do i find out what this sata ide thing looks like without opening the drive up?