2.5 SATA Hard Drive enclosure

[horatiub]

Here is what I'm trying to do: I have a 2.5" SATA hard drive that doesn't boot up anymore(due to Partition Magic), and I'm trying to connect it to my desktop to see if I can recover anything out of it. Here is the interesting part: I can't seem to find locally any hard drive enclosure with a SATA connector, right now I have a 2.5 hard drive enclosure but it's IDE. Are there any converters or cables that could connect my SATA notebook HD to the IDE external case? Is there any other solution?

Thank you

 

[horatiub]

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[horatiub]

anybody? Did i post in the right section?

 

[GrammatonJP]

Since they all use the same connector as desktop..

http://www.usbgear.com/USB-PRODUCT-DETAILS.cfm?sku=JM-20337-USB&catid=&cats=

There are cheaper ones out there also... i just cant find them.. tehse are pretty easy to use..

 

[horatiub]

that's cool. So with that kit I can connect it directly to USB instead of IDE right? Hopefully I can find it locally in the Chicagoland area

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: GrammatonJP
Since they all use the same connector as desktop..

http://www.usbgear.com/USB-PRODUCT-DETAILS.cfm?sku=JM-20337-USB&catid=&cats=

There are cheaper ones out there also... i just cant find them.. tehse are pretty easy to use..

Found a dedicated enclosure on that site, been looking for one:

http://www.usbgear.com/computer_cable_d...170&catid=2345%2C315%2C170%2C131%2C161

 

[Old Hippie]

Found a dedicated enclosure on that site, been looking for one:

First one I've seen.

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: Old Hippie

Found a dedicated enclosure on that site, been looking for one:

First one I've seen.

Yeah, ditto. Nice!

 

[horatiub]

I'm surprised the case is cheaper than the kit.