Hi, See now I feel dumb ;) I guess better to ask people who know than fly by the seat of my pants. The only problem is that I cannot locate a power input that is identical to the one in my desktop (or at all for that matter) on the drive. I will dump an image of it somewhere when I get it (at a friend's house this weekend.) ~Ryan On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 8:05 PM, Jason wrote: > 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. > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- Thanks and best regards, Ryan Rix TamsPalm - The PalmOS Blog (623)-239-1103 <-- Grand Central, baby! Jasmine Bowden - Class of 2009, Marc Rasmussen - Class of 2008, Erica Sheffey - Class of 2009, Rest in peace.