Data recovery from a 2.5" SATA HDD

[drbabbers]

All,

I am having a bit of a nightmare trying to recover data from a 2.5" HDD from a SATA based laptop.

The HDD in question is a Toshiba MK2546GSX. There is no fault with the HDD, the motherboard of the host laptop is unfortunately broken, hence my reason to recover the data.

My aim is simply to install the HDD into a USB based drive enclosure. This is where I have had problems.. My understanding is that the HDD is SATA-300 based.

According to the manufacturer of the HDD:

The MK2546GSX incorporates the Serial ATA (SATA) 2.6 interface and is ATA-8 compliant

Can anyone please recommend a USB based drive enclosure that is compatible with this HDD?

Thanks in advance.
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[poehere]

Try taking the drive with you to the store and they will help you match this enclosure for you. Normally on laptop drives there is a connector on the ends of the laptop to seat into the laptop you have to remove this before installing it into the enclosure.

[drbabbers]

I won't be taking it back to the store I am afraid as it is in a different country.

The HDD has been taken out of the laptops SATA connection and removed from the metallic caddy that it was in.

I just need to know a suitable disk enclosure for a SATA-II/SATA-300 2.5 HDD.

Can anyone point me to one online?

Thanks.
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[poehere]

Depends on your price range. I have seen cheap ones work fine and then on the other hand they give problems. Ask at the computer store where you go to buy this with and they normally have good suggestions on this and can offer you the help needed to buy one for you and get a good one.

[drbabbers]

Can anyone recommend anyone online where I can buy this from?

Thanks.
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[lcoughey]

Any external SATA enclosure will work...even the 3.5" enclosures, but it would be hard to adapt it to secure the drive if you want to leave it in the enclosure. As far as a specific brand, I like the McAlly enclosures, but I'm not loyal to the brand.

You could also look at getting an external SATA drive dock, like the units sold by StarTech.com. They are nice when you want to be able to shuffle drives around.