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 Sylph.Tigerwoods
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By Sylph.Tigerwoods 2012-06-07 22:47:22
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Just need an enclosure to get some data off an old HDD can't remember what kind it was called though, was the standard before SATA drives.



What enclosure type do I need?
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By Ramuh.Laffter 2012-06-07 22:49:07
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IDE
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By Sylph.Tigerwoods 2012-06-07 22:50:20
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Alright one more question. I see there's 2.5 inch and 3.5 inch. How can I tell which I needed. Tried to measure my old enclosure (which I just dropped and it gets usb not recognized with all 3 of my drives now) and it's measuring like 2.9 inches @.@
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By Ramuh.Laffter 2012-06-07 22:51:31
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Got a brand or a serial number on it?
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By Sylph.Tigerwoods 2012-06-07 22:53:03
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The enclosure, no. The HDD

Seagate Momentus 5400.3 160 gb

SN: 5MAB4VZQ
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By Ramuh.Laffter 2012-06-07 22:54:20
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It should be 2.5 inches.

Is this it?

Derp, hang on a sec. That one I linked looks far newer. <_<
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By Sylph.Tigerwoods 2012-06-07 22:58:05
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It's not open so I can't see the insides like that pic, but "ST9160821A" is in the product description and also on the sticker on the back, so I'm just going to assume it so and get a cheap $4-5 enclosure and hope for the best. Thank you.
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By Ramuh.Laffter 2012-06-07 22:58:40
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Glad to help.
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By Ragnarok.Sekundes 2012-06-07 23:10:06
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This can help you get the data off as well. Works with sata, IDE 2.5" and IDE 3.5" You don't need a full enclosure if you just want to remove the data, though if you plan on using the hdd for storage, I'd get one.

http://www.amazon.com/Kingwin-Adapter-Inches-Drive-Back-Up/dp/B0019HLE7Q
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By Sylph.Tigerwoods 2012-06-07 23:15:48
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Nah don't plan on it for storage (long term), but thanks. Just use it whenever i need to xfer stuff from one computer to another.

Also that one is 16 lol the full enclosure was 5
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By Jetackuu 2012-06-07 23:16:07
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if there's 2 rows of pins, ide and it looks like there is and it looks to be 2.5" (kinda hard to see)

3.5" are rather clunky.

a sata/ide > usb adapter should suit you well and should be cheaper/easier than an enclosure.
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By Jetackuu 2012-06-07 23:17:18
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Sylph.Tigerwoods said: »
Nah don't plan on it for storage (long term), but thanks. Just use it whenever i need to xfer stuff from one computer to another.

Also that one is 16 lol the full enclosure was 5

why don't you just transfer it over the network?

could settup a network share drive rather easily.
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By Ragnarok.Sekundes 2012-06-07 23:28:50
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Yeah, I just found the first google image I could of it, though 5$ would be difficult to beat. I'd go for the cheapest solution.

You could also use dropbox to transfer, which is free so long as both are connected to the net.
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By Sylph.Tigerwoods 2012-06-07 23:29:15
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Well you have a point with the network, but already have some stuff on the drive I need to get off and already ordered the enclosure, $4.95 with free 2 day shipping, so it is what it is at this point
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By Jetackuu 2012-06-07 23:39:52
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Ragnarok.Sekundes said: »
Yeah, I just found the first google image I could of it, though 5$ would be difficult to beat. I'd go for the cheapest solution.

You could also use dropbox to transfer, which is free so long as both are connected to the net.

if they're on the same network, transferring on it would be much faster than uploading/downloading online.

there's several ways to go about doing it, not sure which is the most efficient or easy to set up.

yeah $5 is not bad, but I took a look on amazon myself and might buy one of the multipurpose usb adapters, great for a toolkit.

tells me that I also need to make another partition so I can install linux so I don't have to worry about other people's viruses when backing up data.
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By Ragnarok.Sekundes 2012-06-07 23:41:12
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It's never a bad idea to have a drive you can move data around with.
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By Ragnarok.Sekundes 2012-06-07 23:43:57
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Jetackuu said: »
Ragnarok.Sekundes said: »
Yeah, I just found the first google image I could of it, though 5$ would be difficult to beat. I'd go for the cheapest solution.

You could also use dropbox to transfer, which is free so long as both are connected to the net.

if they're on the same network, transferring on it would be much faster than uploading/downloading online.

there's several ways to go about doing it, not sure which is the most efficient or easy to set up.

yeah $5 is not bad, but I took a look on amazon myself and might buy one of the multipurpose usb adapters, great for a toolkit.

tells me that I also need to make another partition so I can install linux so I don't have to worry about other people's viruses when backing up data.
We use those usb adapters for doing virus scans on computers that have stubborn viruses. Also nice for drives that have a corrupted boot sector.
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By Jetackuu 2012-06-08 07:25:41
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Ragnarok.Sekundes said: »
Jetackuu said: »
Ragnarok.Sekundes said: »
Yeah, I just found the first google image I could of it, though 5$ would be difficult to beat. I'd go for the cheapest solution.

You could also use dropbox to transfer, which is free so long as both are connected to the net.

if they're on the same network, transferring on it would be much faster than uploading/downloading online.

there's several ways to go about doing it, not sure which is the most efficient or easy to set up.

yeah $5 is not bad, but I took a look on amazon myself and might buy one of the multipurpose usb adapters, great for a toolkit.

tells me that I also need to make another partition so I can install linux so I don't have to worry about other people's viruses when backing up data.
We use those usb adapters for doing virus scans on computers that have stubborn viruses. Also nice for drives that have a corrupted boot sector.

yeah, I would just boot up hirens for either of those, but for recovering data they're wonderful. Or to test if the controller is bad on a machine, which happens.
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