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Enclosure or Dock for Seagate Momentus 2.5" SATA HDD

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shaunbar11   09-03-2009 at 09:31:55 PM

I took a hard disk drive out of my broken Sony Vaio: Seagate Momentus ST9120821AS. I can not find an enclosure or dock to allow me to transfer my files. It is NOT your standard SATA HDD with pins that slide into the enclosure. This model has flat connections which when plugged into the laptop use a ribbon type connector. Any suggestions?

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Bronze Storage badge r_manic   09-04-2009 at 08:18:09 AM

Could you post pictures of the connector? According to what I've seen online, your hard disk is a standard SATA HDD for notebooks. Maybe you just need an enclosure designed for 2.5" hard disks, or perhaps there's a Sony proprietary connector that's covering up your hard disk's true connector?

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kstrife   09-05-2009 at 06:54:53 PM

It is possible that there is actually an adapter that is removable on the SATA connectors. Some of the HP/Compaq laptops have that. Look closely at the SATA pins and pull gently but not to as to break anything. If it slides off and exposes the pins then you issue will be resolved. As r_manic said though, posting some pics might helps us better assist you but in the mean time I will do some more research. Let me know how you progress.

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JackNaylorPE   09-06-2009 at 10:38:44 PM

shaunbar11 wrote :

I took a hard disk drive out of my broken Sony Vaio: Seagate Momentus ST9120821AS. I can not find an enclosure or dock to allow me to transfer my files. It is NOT your standard SATA HDD with pins that slide into the enclosure. This model has flat connections which when plugged into the laptop use a ribbon type connector. Any suggestions?



Checked this out ? Tho SOny can be a bit weird with proprietary stuff.

http://www.thermaltakeusa.com/Prod [...] 46&ID=1731

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