Enclosure kit question

October 18, 2007 2:14 AM

Laptop HDD Enclosure kit question.

My Toshiba Satellite S2051 recently died. I bought a new computer, and a hard drive enclosure kit, to move my old files to the new machine. However, when I tried to put the drive into the kit, I found out that the HDD is not 40-pin, and is instead a flat, slim connector, making it impossible to connect with the enclosure kit. Is there an adapter out there that will make this hdd connect to a 40-pin hole? Bonus points if you can tell me where to get it in Japan (I live in Nagano, so an amazon link would be dandy....)

posted by MostHolyPorcine to Computers & Internet (3 answers total)

Best answer: Sounds like you got a new SATA drive and are using an older PATA enclosure. Any 2.5" SATA enclosure should work fine.

You could also get a universal USB hard drive adapter cable which skips the enclosure, so it's for short-term use (lest you drop things on the drive while it's running), but has the flexibility to work with any PATA or SATA drive, period. A good addition to the testbench.
posted by Myself at 2:35 AM on October 18, 2007

Oh yes, here's a picture of a 2.5" drive with a SATA connector just to be sure.
posted by Myself at 2:36 AM on October 18, 2007

Fast, schmast! I was hustling to get those links in there lest I be relegated to an "on preview, what so-and-so said" position. I guess that's probably not necessary at oh-dark-thirty, but it's hard to shake the habit.

It's nice, among the sea of coastal-city and relationship questions, to find one I know something about. Glad to be of service.

/"lest" must be my word of the day.
posted by Myself at 4:42 AM on October 18, 2007