[SOLVED] Need to recover data from Fujitsu Mobile MHT2040AH - hard drive ATA-100?

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I need to recover data from a Fujitsu Mobile MHT2040AH - hard drive. According to the specs the drive has an ATA-100 interface. The interface has 22 flat pins plus a separate bank of 4 jumper-style connectors - see photo:
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Does anyone know what sort of adapter I need to access this from a desktop PC (e.g. via USB?)
 
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Trying to use a desktop cable with a laptop drive is not going to work. Yes, upon further research (haven't actually seen an ATA laptop drive in more than 5 years) there are additional pins on the drive. This requires a 2.5" ATA adapter.
Hmmm...I'm trying to fit it to an IDE/USB adapter but the IDE adapter has 20 pairs of pin connectors whereas the Fujitsu drive has 22 pairs. Basically it doesn't fit. Any ideas??
 
So if the drive is a standard IDE why does it have 44 pins (well, 43 as one of them is blanked off)? But more importantly, how can I fit a 43-pin drive to a 40 pin interface?
 
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