Re: Rescuing laptop HD

I happen to know the owner of Red Seven, he is a cool guy. Let me know if
you do take it, I'll let him know your coming. He does a local radio show
that I have been on several times.

Scott

On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 9:17 PM, Lisa Kachold <lisakachold@obnosis.com>wrote:

> A uSATA external enclosure USB will work: USB uSATA 3.5 Enclosure<http://www.gmb.nl/eGMB/item_view.aspx?id=3769>
>
> [Buy one and Fry's and return it?]
>
> Verify it is 2.5 SATA or 1.8 uSATA (they are different):http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/p...9&sku=341-4872<http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19&sku=341-4872>
>
> Course you might auction the drive off on EBay and buy a new Laptop (from
> the looks of the prices) after your get your data: Ebay<http://computers.shop.ebay.co.uk/items/Drives-HDD-CD-DVD__W0QQQ5ftrkparmsZ72Q253A1690Q257C66Q253A2Q257C65Q253A12Q257C39Q253A1QQ_catrefZ1QQ_dmptZUKQ5fComputingQ5fLaptopAccessoriesQ5fLaptopDrivesQQ_sacatZ31533QQ_trksidZp3286Q2ec0Q2em14QQ_sopZ3QQ_scZ1>
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> Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2009 20:11:47 -0700
> Subject: Re: Rescuing laptop HD
> From: phrkonaleash@gmail.com
> To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
>
>
> 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 <jasons@spatafore.net> 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.
> >
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