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From: kony on 4 Mar 2010 08:57 On Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:15:46 -0500, John McGaw <Nobody(a)Nowh.ere> wrote: >Easiest thing would be to plug the drive into 1) a computer like my Shuttle >which has both a eSATA and a power connection on the back and which comes >with the proper cables or Sure, that's easiest if you have a Shuttle instead of an adapter. :) >2) install the drive temporarily inside of a >newer desktop computer which should have the SATA and power connectors >available or 3) connect it to the eSATA which appears to come with every >modern laptop. ?? Since when? It seems pretty rare on laptops that have SATA, though it wouldn't surprise me to see it thrown on those at the high end just to justify their often lofty prices. >In the last case some way of powering the drive would be >needed but that shouldn't be too too difficult to arrange. In any case I >can't see any reason to buy any sort of adapter beyond an eSATA to SATA >connector and possibly a cable for powering the drive while the data is >transferred. Possibly, but by the time you buy an adapter and cable you could just have the whole kit. I tend to find the external 3.5" USB-SATA enclosures the handiest though, as they can be reused with a desktop drive to provide a lot more supplimental storage for the laptop... presuming that somehow a desktop system isn't available or as you'd already mentioned there would be no need for any cables or adapters if it is sufficiently modern to support SATA natively itself.
From: John McGaw on 4 Mar 2010 14:12 On 3/4/2010 8:57 AM, kony wrote: > On Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:15:46 -0500, John McGaw > <Nobody(a)Nowh.ere> wrote: > > >> 2) install the drive temporarily inside of a >> newer desktop computer which should have the SATA and power connectors >> available or 3) connect it to the eSATA which appears to come with every >> modern laptop. snip... Maybe I was projecting with too little data. Since my crappy low-end two-year-old HP laptop came with eSATA and HDMI I sorta' figured that every laptop today would. Of course HP balanced out their largess by only giving 2 USB ports one of which, because the cheap computer didn't have Bluetooth built in, is tied up permanently with a dongle. But you were right -- having that i7 Shuttle is the way to go... ;-)
From: Gyorgy Sajo on 8 Mar 2010 05:37 "Jan Alter" <bearpuf(a)verizon.net> wrote: > > > -- > > "Gyorgy Sajo" <gsajo(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:4b8e4443$0$36564$edfadb0f(a)dtext01.news.tele.dk... >>I need desperately help with saving data from my hard disk. >> >> I have a 120 GB Seagate Momentus 5400.2 hard disk with a small 15+7 >> pins connector sitting in a HP Pavillion dv6000 notebook. You can see >> pictures of the hard disk and the connector here: >> >> http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c286/gyury/Billede603.jpg >> http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c286/gyury/Billede604.jpg >> http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c286/gyury/Billede605.jpg >> >> One day my notebook suddenly refused to boot, and as I already have a >> more up-to-date notebook, the only thing I wanted to transfer the data >> from the old hard disk to the new notebook. >> >> Here comes my problem: I can not find any USB devices that I can >> connect directly to the old hard disk's connector. There are a couple >> of USB devices around that are designed for a 22 pins connector, but >> they fit only to pins that has a thin and round design, not the odd >> long and flat pins like my hard disk has. >> >> Is anyone aware of the existence of such a USB device? Any other >> solutions for my problem are also very much appreciated. >> >> Thanks, >> gyuresz >> > > (...) > When you say the notebook will not boot, do you mean you get nothing at > all or you get some screen view but it will not continue booting? It does not boot at all. The lights on the keyboard show that the power is on when I turn it on, I can hear the CPU cooler working, but there is only black screen. After a couple of seconds the computer turns off and on again with the same symptoms. It looks like the BIOS is defunct, as I get the same problem both with the hard disk inside and without it.
From: Gyorgy Sajo on 8 Mar 2010 05:48 "kony" <spam(a)spam.com> wrote: > On Wed, 3 Mar 2010 12:13:11 +0100, "Gyorgy Sajo" > <gsajo(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >>I need desperately help with saving data from my hard disk. >> >>I have a 120 GB Seagate Momentus 5400.2 hard disk with a small 15+7 >>pins connector sitting in a HP Pavillion dv6000 notebook. You can see >>pictures of the hard disk and the connector here: >> >>http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c286/gyury/Billede603.jpg >>http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c286/gyury/Billede604.jpg >>http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c286/gyury/Billede605.jpg > > The connector you have pictured as detached from the drive > in the latter picture is a part supplied from HP to adapt a > standard SATA hard drive to their laptop. Once you have > that connector removed you have no unique situation, it is a > standard SATA drive connector on the drive itself. > >> >>One day my notebook suddenly refused to boot, and as I already have a >>more up-to-date notebook, the only thing I wanted to transfer the data >>from the old hard disk to the new notebook. >> >>Here comes my problem: I can not find any USB devices that I can >>connect directly to the old hard disk's connector. There are a couple >>of USB devices around that are designed for a 22 pins connector, but >>they fit only to pins that has a thin and round design, not the odd >>long and flat pins like my hard disk has. > > Search for a USB-SATA adapter. They are common and > available at varying prices (some are overpriced). > > > >>Is anyone aware of the existence of such a USB device? Any other >>solutions for my problem are also very much appreciated. >> >>Thanks, >>gyuresz >> > > Here are a few, > http://www.meritline.com/newsearch.aspx?SearchTerm=usb+sata+adapter > > > The quality on the following isn't great, but it's good > enough for occasional use and the price is right: > > http://www.meritline.com/usb-to-sata-ide-cables-adapter-191---p-34964.aspx > > Thank you! Yes, I have removed the HP adapter, but the original connector does not consist of pins, but of an interrupted flat plastic surface with small flat "tongues" laying on one side of the surface: http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c286/gyury/st9120821as-back.jpg http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c286/gyury/DSCN5112.jpg http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c286/gyury/DSCN5111.jpg Following your links, these adapters seem - judged solely from the photos - only to work with hard disks that has pin shaped connectors. Can you - or somebody else - point me to an adapter that can be used with my flat type of connector? Thanks again, Gyorgy
From: Gyorgy Sajo on 8 Mar 2010 05:51
"Paul" <nospam(a)needed.com> wrote: > Jan Alter wrote: > > "Gyorgy Sajo" <gsajo(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:4b8e4443$0$36564$edfadb0f(a)dtext01.news.tele.dk... > > >I need desperately help with saving data from my hard disk. > > > > > > I have a 120 GB Seagate Momentus 5400.2 hard disk with a small 15+7 > > > pins connector sitting in a HP Pavillion dv6000 notebook. You can see > > > pictures of the hard disk and the connector here: > > > > > > http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c286/gyury/Billede603.jpg > > > http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c286/gyury/Billede604.jpg > > > http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c286/gyury/Billede605.jpg > > > > > > One day my notebook suddenly refused to boot, and as I already have a > > > more up-to-date notebook, the only thing I wanted to transfer the data > > > from the old hard disk to the new notebook. > > > > > > Here comes my problem: I can not find any USB devices that I can > > > connect directly to the old hard disk's connector. There are a couple > > > of USB devices around that are designed for a 22 pins connector, but > > > they fit only to pins that has a thin and round design, not the odd > > > long and flat pins like my hard disk has. > > > > > > Is anyone aware of the existence of such a USB device? Any other > > > solutions for my problem are also very much appreciated. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > gyuresz > > > > > > > Could you post a model number on the drive. Folks may be able to locate > > an > > adaptor piece that would fit over the pins for a standard ATA -6 > > connection. > > At worst you might need to call Seagate and ask a tech if an adaptor is > > available or ask what kind of connector they use to attach to a USB > > adaptor. > > > > When you say the notebook will not boot, do you mean you get nothing at > > all or you get some screen view but it will not continue booting? > > > > Jan Alter > > bearpuf(a)verizon.net > > The model number shown in one of the pictures is ST9120821AS . I > found a picture here. > > http://www.ixbt.com/storage/seagate-samsung-120gb.shtml > > Top view of raw Seagate drive. > > http://www.ixbt.com/storage/ata2005/seagate120/st9120821as-top.jpg > > Bottom view of raw Seagate drive. > > http://www.ixbt.com/storage/ata2005/seagate120/st9120821as-back.jpg > > The laptop manufacturer has fitted an adapter plug, to the back of > the drive. Once the adapter plug with the "blades" is removed, the > more standard 15+7 SATA connector should be seen. > > Paul Yes, thank you, this is the one what I have. The problem is - as already pointed out in my reply to kony - that I still can not find an adapter for these flat kind of connectors. The ones I have found by searching seem only to work with the pin shaped connectors. |