Find external enclosure for laptop hard drive
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Any IDE to USB adapter will work for you then. The better enclosures are made of Aluminium and have holes or fans for ventilation.
Find external enclosure for laptop hard drive
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What is the model number of the drive? We need to know if it is a SATA drive or IDE/ATA drive.
Find external enclosure for laptop hard drive
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My laptop (Compaq Presario F572US) is no longer working and I want to use the internal hard drive as a portable drive.
I found conflicting info as I looked it up on different websites. I would...
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pull that black part on the end off.
its a direction converter to allow the drive to "drop onto" the contacts.
then you can easily see if the drive is an IDE drive (lots of small pins arranged in a...
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From the parts number on the drive itself: 9s1132-020 it is a SATA drive like i said in my last post.
Link to same drive confirming: ...
Find external enclosure for laptop hard drive
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Thanks so much... I believe mine is IDE connection.
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laptop 2.5 ide to usb adaptor since you are in norcal nothing that a frys cant tackle. lol will run you about 10-20 bucks not a slickdeal but for desperado approach they have it readioly available
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It appears on the label that the picture of the data cable is a SATA cable. And it definitely looks like a SATA power too. Once you get that extra connector off it's a simple process in any external...