[Novalug] Need to borrow USB to Sata enclosure or adaptor for a few days to recover data from a damaged laptop drive
John Franklin
franklin@elfie.org
Thu Aug 13 17:34:03 EDT 2009
There are a bunch of generic ones out there. I have one of these [1]
and it works just fine. I've used it to temporarily connect a disk or
migrate data to a new system on both Mac and Linux systems.
jf
[1] http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000HJ99DI/1co2-20
On Aug 13, 2009, at 4:10 PM, Stephan Greene wrote:
> Son dropped his laptop and trashed the hard drive. He's received a
> replacement drive (Dell is going to lose money on his extended
> service plan at this rate) but has to return the old drive. It was
> sort of readable by GNU ddrescue (using Ubuntu live cd) with lots of
> errors (overnight got 2 GB on the 1st pass), so I'm hoping I can
> recover some of his data files that he didn't have backed up.
> He's already swapped in the new drive so I need an external
> enclosure or cable to access the old one (I don't have any other PCs
> with SATA bays) and let it run however many hours or days it takes
> to recover what it can. Would like either recommendations for a
> case/adaptor he can pick up at Micro Center or would like to borrow
> one for a few days. Location is north side of Herndon and my son's
> available to drive around mid-day and maybe evening to pick it up.
> Since I'm trying to use Linux-based recovery tools, Linux support
> (assuming there is anything weird in the USB-drive interface) is
> essential. Once it's imaged, I can mount and retrieve whatever
> files are left by normal means.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Steve
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