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Convert internal to external hard drive?

March 16, 2010 - 7:13 pm

So, I took apart a broken laptop and pulled out the hard drive. I bought this case from amazon. http://www.amazon.com/Drive-Aluminum-External-Enclosure-Capacity/dp/B000FNBYKW/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1268429966&sr=8-3
The connection to the case has a bunch of holes, but the hard drive has like a strip with contacts, not pins. Am I missing something? How can I get this connected?

You bought the wrong type of enclosure. You needed a 2.5" SATA enclosure. What you bought was 2.5" IDE. I suggest you return that and buy this: http://www.amazon.com/SATA-Hard-Drive-Enclosure-500GB/dp/B001AAVA08/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1268430370&sr=8-1

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2 Responses to “Convert internal to external hard drive?”

  1. mrresearchman Says:
    March 17th, 2010 at 1:00 am

    Sounds like your laptop’s interface is SATA and NOT IDE to me………

    What Make & Model is your laptop?
    References :

  2. Mr. G Says:
    March 17th, 2010 at 1:43 am

    You bought the wrong type of enclosure. You needed a 2.5" SATA enclosure. What you bought was 2.5" IDE. I suggest you return that and buy this: http://www.amazon.com/SATA-Hard-Drive-Enclosure-500GB/dp/B001AAVA08/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1268430370&sr=8-1
    References :

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