Monday, December 12, 2011

Which hard drive enclosure should I purchase to transfer my data? (see details)?

The motherboard on my laptop died and I wanted to buy a hard drive enclosure to transfer my data and to keep the old drive as an external storage option.





On the hard drive it states, "REPLACE WITH HP SPARE 441128-001." I think it is this hard drive:


http://www.sparepartswarehouse.com/HP,Laptop,Part,441128001.aspx





On that site it states that the drive is a 2.5 inch SATA II drive. I purchased the following hard drive enclosure, but it did not work:


http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=13071810





I bought it from Wal-Mart so I could easily return it in store in case it didn't work, which it didn't. The pins on my hard drive did not line up with the connectors on the enclosure. I am not sure why, since in the product details it stated that it would work with 2.5 inch SATA II drives.





Does anybody know what I need to purchase that will work right?





I also saw this one, but I cannot tell what the difference is or if it will work. I thought I would ask before I ordered again:


http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=13071801%26amp;findingMethod=rr





Hopefully somebody can help. Thanks in advance.|||It should fit any 2.5 inch drive, did you completely remove the caddy or the connector board from the drive you took out of the laptop? Have a closer look at the drive. there should not be anything on the end where it plugs into the laptop or any metal brackets on it, they pull or unscrew off the end leaving the bare drive.|||Just anwser a quick question, When you took the hard drive out of you laptop, did you also remove the cradle that it sits in?





Please check, as this would prevent you from using your hard drive enclosure.

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