Rescuing laptop HD

Jason jasons at spatafore.net
Sat Feb 7 20:05:39 MST 2009


I did a quick check to make sure I was accurate. uSATA is an SSD drive
according to this article.

http://www.pcper.com/archive.php?s=6&year=2008&month=6

If you look at the connectors, they are the same as SATA. 

On Sat, 2009-02-07 at 20:01 -0700, Jason wrote:
> On Sat, 2009-02-07 at 17:15 -0700, Ryan Rix wrote:
> > I don't have another laptop to plug this drive (it says on the outside
> > of the drive uSATA ro something like that) into, and what I want to
> > know, is what kind of hardware do I need to plug it into a a standard
> > SATA bay on my desktop so that I can get out the data (which,
> > oopsmybad, is not backed up)
> 
> A SATA drive is a SATA drive. Unlike 2.5" IDE drives, which had a
> different connector, all SATA drives have the same connector and you
> should have no problems as long as you have a SATA data and SATA power
> cable.
> 
> You should be fine. Pop out the drive and see if it will fit. If the
> connectors fit, I wouldn't be concerned. 
> 
> Of course, I have to disclaim...use this advice at your own risk. 
> 
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