[myleswest]

External Enclosure question

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I am having a rough time finding an Enclosure for my older hard drive.
Its from my old laptop that died on me and I really need the data from the old hard drive.
I tried Tiger.com but they recommended the wrong item.
The old hard drive is..
.Hitachi..Travelstar...Model # HTS548080M9AT00
....54RPM....ATA / IDE
Any advice on where I could buy the correct enclosure to do the job would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.

[Rommel]

myleswest, on 03 February 2012 - 09:15 AM, said:

External Enclosure question

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I am having a rough time finding an Enclosure for my older hard drive.
Its from my old laptop that died on me and I really need the data from the old hard drive.
I tried Tiger.com but they recommended the wrong item.
The old hard drive is..
.Hitachi..Travelstar...Model # HTS548080M9AT00
....54RPM....ATA / IDE
Any advice on where I could buy the correct enclosure to do the job would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.

Hi,

Top link has a list of adapers and enclosures.

Bottom link is identical to something I got when my wife's laptop died I we slaved the HDD through my desktop to retreive info and such.

http://www.newegg.co...2.5+ide+adapter


http://www.newegg.co...N82E16812119245

[smax013]

myleswest, on 03 February 2012 - 09:15 AM, said:

External Enclosure question

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I am having a rough time finding an Enclosure for my older hard drive.
Its from my old laptop that died on me and I really need the data from the old hard drive.
I tried Tiger.com but they recommended the wrong item.
The old hard drive is..
.Hitachi..Travelstar...Model # HTS548080M9AT00
....54RPM....ATA / IDE
Any advice on where I could buy the correct enclosure to do the job would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.

The following link is for an external USB enclosure for a 2.5" (aka "laptop") IDE hard drive:

http://www.newegg.co...N82E16817182143

I will note that Newegg has numerous other similar items that are just a different brand.

The following link is for a USB "universal" adapter for "bare" drives that will work for both 2.5" (aka "laptop") and 3.5" (aka "desktop") drives that are either SATA or IDE:

http://www.newegg.co...N82E16812232002

Again, Newegg has a few other brands of basically the same device.

Either of the two options will work. The first is meant to be more of a "permanent" option, so if you want to use the old drive as an external drive, then the first link is likely the better choice. The second link is meant to be more for temporary use since you connect it to the "bare" drive with no protection for the drive, but it is more "handy" in that it will work with more than just a 2.5" IDE drive.

[smax013]

Rommel, on 03 February 2012 - 11:28 AM, said:

myleswest, on 03 February 2012 - 09:15 AM, said:

External Enclosure question

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I am having a rough time finding an Enclosure for my older hard drive.
Its from my old laptop that died on me and I really need the data from the old hard drive.
I tried Tiger.com but they recommended the wrong item.
The old hard drive is..
.Hitachi..Travelstar...Model # HTS548080M9AT00
....54RPM....ATA / IDE
Any advice on where I could buy the correct enclosure to do the job would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.

Hi,

Top link has a list of adapers and enclosures.

Bottom link is identical to something I got when my wife's laptop died I we slaved the HDD through my desktop to retreive info and such.

http://www.newegg.co...2.5+ide+adapter


http://www.newegg.co...N82E16812119245

That second link assumes that you have a desktop computer with a IDE port, which most current or reasonably current desktops typically will not have.

[LiveBrianD]

54RPM is awfully slow. (5400RPM, right?)

Keep in mind that those drives use a smaller IDE connector than desktops, so you can't connect it that way (maybe you can get an adapter). Quite a few new boards still have one IDE channel (2 ports). Get a 2.5" IDE enclosure off newegg or something, or a usb/ide/sata adapter if it doesn't need to be professional, you only use it occasionally, and want to be able to connect desktop drives to it too. (ex this: http://www.newegg.co...N82E16812232002 )

This post has been edited by LiveBrianD: 03 February 2012 - 03:43 PM

[coastie65]

Maybe this: http://www.amazon.co...1190678-7878961

[LiveBrianD]

That looks a bit generic, but man it is cheap. Dang... it's too bad that 3.5" USB 3.0 enclosures cost about $20 (I could use one of those)!

[Evildave]

Or don't even 'enclose' it.

https://www.google.c...dapter&tbm=shop

Get a 'universal' adapter to temporarily mount old or salvaged hard drives. No need to lock it in a box, as if you'll keep using the old piece of crap.

Just plug it in when you need it, then put it back in the anti-static bag you dug it out of.

I have a SATA/PATA universal kit I got a few years back. I've only used it half a dozen times. But I definitely NEEDED it every single time.

As PATA disappears, consider something more like these:
https://www.google.c...oaster&tbm=shop

Because then you can keep hard disks in boxes, and mount only the ones you need 'now'.

[smax013]

Evildave, on 03 February 2012 - 04:39 PM, said:

Or don't even 'enclose' it.

https://www.google.c...dapter&tbm=shop

Get a 'universal' adapter to temporarily mount old or salvaged hard drives. No need to lock it in a box, as if you'll keep using the old piece of crap.

Just plug it in when you need it, then put it back in the anti-static bag you dug it out of.

I have a SATA/PATA universal kit I got a few years back. I've only used it half a dozen times. But I definitely NEEDED it every single time.

You mean like this?

smax013, on 03 February 2012 - 01:32 PM, said:

The following link is for a USB "universal" adapter for "bare" drives that will work for both 2.5" (aka "laptop") and 3.5" (aka "desktop") drives that are either SATA or IDE:

http://www.newegg.co...N82E16812232002

Again, Newegg has a few other brands of basically the same device.

[Evildave]

Yeah, similar to that for the 'universal' thing, though there are dozens of models to choose from.

But the 'toaster' things are way better, if you're going to use naked drives more routinely, and PATA are gradually going extinct. Like floppy drives, you still encounter them, but SATA will be the interface for the next decade or so. If you have an old PATA drive, you're probably not going to use it other than to get the data off of it and onto a newer drive that isn't going to fail (as) soon.

Just drop a drive in the toaster, and use it. Unmount and pull it out when you're done with it. Or just use it all the time.

https://www.google.c...oaster&tbm=shop

[smax013]

Evildave, on 06 February 2012 - 12:34 AM, said:

Yeah, similar to that for the 'universal' thing, though there are dozens of models to choose from.

But the 'toaster' things are way better, if you're going to use naked drives more routinely, and PATA are gradually going extinct. Like floppy drives, you still encounter them, but SATA will be the interface for the next decade or so. If you have an old PATA drive, you're probably not going to use it other than to get the data off of it and onto a newer drive that isn't going to fail (as) soon.

Just drop a drive in the toaster, and use it. Unmount and pull it out when you're done with it. Or just use it all the time.

https://www.google.c...oaster&tbm=shop

Yes, the "toaster things" are very useful. I have had a couple of them for at least two years.

But...since the original poster is dealing with an IDE/PATA drive, they are completely irrelevant to the original question/topic of this thread.

[Evildave]

So is complaining about the relative relevance of other people's post. Infinitely more so, in fact. As is complaining about complaining about the relevance of other people's posts, which seems to be the discussion that YOU want.

[Evildave]

As for relevance, it's simply illustrating how, moving forwards, you do not need to buy dedicated electronic boxes for every single drive that you occasionally put to offline use.

You can, naturally, purchase $0.99 plastic boxes to keep the drives in, when not in use. Or keep them in anti-static bags, in a drawer, or fireproof safe, or whatever else you like to do to keep them safe.

Interfaces to connect them temporarily abundantly exist, so get out of the 'box' mentality.