Please Help Hard Drive Question

[Boo-Yeah!!]

Recently while trying to install my 500GB WD OEM HD... The SATA connection on the Hard drive snapped off. The copper connections are all still connected but the plastic L shaped guard that the cable latches onto got completed sheared off. My question is there anyway to repair this? Can I tap the SATA cable to keep it in place or some other way to fasten the cable to the drive to keep it connected?

 

[pillar]

i highly doubt it, but google prob has an answer to that issue. i believe i have a spare sata cable if ur interested.

 

[reflex99]

you are pretty much screwed. You could try to glue it back or something, but i doubt it.

 

[Yoyort]

I hope the drive is empty. Try a non conductive clamp to hold it in place while you transfer the info you have on it off? Other than that try to find a place which could repair the connector for you?

Good luck and I hope a solution presents itself.