Need to access a old Toshiba Satellite HDD?!

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JDM1992
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24 Nov 2012, 9:18 pm

I have a HDD that I pulled out of an old laptop that quit working a few months back. I destroyed the computer in a rage but not before removing the HDD and other valuable parts so I could reuse them. Now I have looked around and seen some stuff about how to use this Laptop HDD. It has al my stuff on it and I need to access these files. How do I go about doing this....what do I need to buy? I'm a techno idiot so help me out. Also I see the term "SATA" drive alot? what is a SATA drive? all I want to do is access my old computers files but I need someone who is smart to tell me how to do this? I want to use it like a extra USB drive but I don't want to spend more than $30 as its all I got right now. Whats my best option or is it going to cost a fortune to access these files? HELP!!?!?!?!

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24 Nov 2012, 9:31 pm

Amazon has many of these types of things.

3.5" enclosure

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JDM1992
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24 Nov 2012, 9:48 pm

redrobin62 wrote:

Amazon has many of these types of things.

3.5" enclosure

Does not answer my question of which one is the right one for my laptop HDD. I don't know what size the HDD is and don't have any way to measure.

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24 Nov 2012, 9:53 pm

You'll want to get a suitable external drive enclosure, but you'll need to know what type of drive you have. It'll probably be a 2.5" drive, but depending on the age might be IDE (or PATA) or SATA. If it's IDE, it'll have a two rows of 22 pins each across the back edge.

So figure out which one it is (it's unlikely to be any other type), and pick up either a USB 2.5" IDE drive enclosure, or a USB 2.5" SATA enclosure. You can then just install the drive in that and plug it in as a USB drive. Plug it right into the USB ports on the computer, or a powered USB hub (not an unpowered hub, though).

These things are pretty easy to find, and if it's just an enclosure without a drive (sometimes they're sold together) they're often under $30. Personally I'd probably check tigerdirect first, but any well-stocked computer vendor should have them.

Note that you most likely need a 2.5", not a 3.5", enclosure...

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24 Nov 2012, 10:00 pm

undercaffeinated wrote:

If I could post photos I would send some of what the HDD looks like as I don't know the difference as its not marked on the back of the HDD rather its IDE or SATA and I would not know the difference between the two. I'm a damn idiot. all it says is
"Toshiba Disk Drive MK2565GXSN HDD2J14 B UL01 T DC+5V 1.0A" thats all that I can find. It has 220GB if thats helps.

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24 Nov 2012, 10:11 pm

JDM1992 wrote:

all it says is
"Toshiba Disk Drive MK2565GXSN HDD2J14 B UL01 T DC+5V 1.0A" thats all that I can find. It has 220GB if thats helps.

Looks like that's a 250GB 2.5" SATA drive. So 2.5" SATA enclosure it is, then.

Like this, for example: Vantec NexStar TX NST-210S2-BK Hard Drive Enclosure

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24 Nov 2012, 10:26 pm

Here you go.

Your HDD

Your HDD enclosure

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25 Nov 2012, 1:21 am

redrobin62 wrote:

Here you go.

Your HDD

Your HDD enclosure

thanks for helping out guys! I know what to look for now. I will shop around online and pick up one in my price range.

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26 Nov 2012, 11:40 am

If you're going to keep the drive, then a drive enclosure is a good idea. However, if you are just goint to transfer data from the old drive to your current system, something like this might be more in order.

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JDM1992
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26 Nov 2012, 11:52 pm

Fogman wrote:

my new HDD is only 300GB and so far 150GB is used up. So I will just use the old 220GB HDD like a external drive so its going to be a enclosure. I want to keep the drive. Thanks for all the help guys! I appreciate it very much. Technology never stops advancing!!

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