I have an old Toshiba Satelite J11. It has a 40GB hard drive with 47 pins. I searched the internet and I have found a few people with this question but no answers. This is not a 44 pin it has 47 pins and will not connect to a 44 pin as the last 4 pins will block it from connecting to the adapters I have seen. I do not know where to find and adapter. I also have an old Toshiba Satelite L25 with the same hard drive and want to remove it as well but I have the same problem of not being able to connect it. Does anyone have any ADVICE?Can you post a pic of the connector part of the hard drive? Here are the pictures. Being in Japan one can not find parts unless you are a manufacturer or certified repair shop and even then you pay 5 times the price anywhere else. I need to identify what I need and buy it in the States.

[recovering DISK space, attachment deleted by admin]the four extra pins separated on the right in the first image are JUMPER pins for Master/Slave. They aren't very common because most LAPTOPS just have one hard drive. They would block adapters because the adapters weren't designed with that arrangement in mind.

Google for one of these or similar

Vogue USB 2.0 to IDE SATA S-ATA 2.5 3.5 Hard Drive HD Converter Adapter Cable

or better

USB2.0/3.0 to SATA/IDE2.5”/3.5”HDD Hard Disk Drive Cable Adapter Converter OTB

The will work with both drives and any others you are likely to see.

Are you looking for a replacement hard drive or a way to use the one you have in a desktop?
For attaching to desktop, these are the best ones I've found.

To use this drive for USB, you can use this without the adapter above:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812232002


If you are looking for a replacement, they are available in the used marketplace.

All drives are now the one on the left.

Thanks for the help, I needed the IDE adapter and the ones suggested here will work. New egg does not ship to Japan but I can find it on Amazon or eBay and they will ship it.Let's make this solved.
The dual PATA USB adapter is very common an should be available everywhere.
The OP can get it in Japan.