Rescuing laptop HD

[Stephen]

What i knwo about laptop sata drives they are more or less the same
power and data connection as a regular sata interface on your
computer. the working of usata is new.

this is the only visual i see on the idea of a usta interface
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=211394

if that is the case the data connection is normal, but the power is
intentionally different from what i can see