mounting a drive: What cable would I need?

schwim · 2014-02-03 16:15:21

Hi there guys,

My brother was told that the drive in his office computer was dead as a doornail and it seems backups are corrupted. I was going to pick up the drive and see if I could mount it and get some data off of it, but I'm wondering how I would go about that without actually hooking it up in a desktop computer. There's external drives, so I know there's a way to go from SATA or IDE to USB, but what exactly would I be looking for? I see SATA ~> USB cables on Amazon, but it doesn't seem to handle power.

What would be the easiest way to handle both the data and power connections?

Thanks for your time!

VDP76 · 2014-02-03 17:42:24

Hi,

as far as I know, there are hard disk enclosures which can turn an hard disk previously used as internal drive to a portable external USB one.
I think that power is taken care of by the USB connection itself...

I hope this help
Cheers

Last edited by VDP76 (2014-02-03 17:43:05)

iMBeCil · 2014-02-03 18:01:09

schwim, you probably want HDD external case for 3.5 inch HDDs ... they usually come with power supply.

(I assume, the HDDs you want to test are 3.5" ...)

EDIT: something like this. The external power supply is essential for 3.5" HDD, as USB is usually not enough.

Last edited by iMBeCil (2014-02-03 18:04:54)

iMBeCil · 2014-02-03 18:09:10

Also these two are even more sexy (no case):

first

second

wmdiem · 2014-02-03 19:11:03

I know that you can get kits with just the two cables (one for power one for the data itself, some have multiple data connections for different fittings).
Not sure what to search for, but I know they exist because I've used them.
I don't know how the price of them would stack up against getting a full external enclosure.

On edit: I see that imbecil already linked to them, so +1 for those suggestions.

Last edited by wmdiem (2014-02-03 21:03:08)

Naik · 2014-02-03 21:01:01

I would say: Use one of the two kits iMBeCil pointed to!
I have the first one in use for my every day work on other peoples crashed laptops/hdds/etcs and i never experienced any problems...

greetz -naik

chillicampari · 2014-02-03 21:46:04

Yep, what iMBeCil linked to (I have the Vantec adapter) is probably your best bet. If the drive is dead-dead it won't work but it's handy to have anyway.

brontosaurusrex · 2014-02-04 09:08:53

or a docking station, i have one of this (someplace) and it works fine;
https://www.google.si/search?q=sata+to+ … =isch&sa=X
cons; I haven't seen one that is not b*t-ugly.

edit; well, this one is cute
http://www.raidsonic.de/en/products.php … ectID=7671
(And all my icybox enclosures are still working, one must be more than 10 years old)

Last edited by brontosaurusrex (2014-02-04 09:26:23)

schwim · 2014-02-04 12:56:32

Thanks a bunch to all of you for your help. I ended up grabbing a cable/non-enclosure setup linked above. I'll give it a shot when the man in brown drops it off.

Thanks for everything!

CrunchBang Linux

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