1.8 2.5 Ide Converter for Toshiba 1.8IN Hard Drive
by Addonics
Our Price: $17.99
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Category: CE
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Manufacturer: AddonicsFormat: CD
Platform: Windows
Model: AAT18IDE25
Product features:
- F/ TOSHIBA 1.8IN HARD DRIVE
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Customer Review: Nice device to have around your IT shop.
Summary: 4 Stars
I work in a University IT department troubleshooting hardware and software. A professor's Sony Vaio laptop failed, and some of the data hadn't been backed up before it happened. This adapter, made by Addonics worked fine. It allowed us to retrieve the data, no muss, no fuss.
The connection went like this:
First, we removed the hard drive from the Sony Vaio ( model PCG-4A1L)
We hooked up the hard drive (a Toshiba HDD1524) to the 1.8" interface of the converter. Though there are more holes than pins, the adapter only goes on one way. It slips right on, so if its not going, don't push, just flip the drive over.
We connected the 2.5" interface of the converter to USB 2 adapter (a bytecc BT-200 IDE to USB adapter).
So, two adapters were needed to complete this task.
Then we hooked the adapters and hard drive up to the USB port on a Dell Optiplex 745. Please note, USB 1 won't give the adapter enough electrical power to function; on an older computer, say a Dell Optiplex GX 240, the additional drive would not be detected as a new device by the computer's operating system. There are other USB adapters that will get around this problem, but you'll still need the 1.8 2.5 converter.
In the end, all the data was retrieved and the professor was very pleased.
Considering that a hard drive recovery service would charge $700 to $2500 for data retrieval, this was a bargain at under $25. And people sure are grateful when you get their information back for them. The only hard part of this operation was getting the Sony laptop apart. If you work in an IT environment, this adapter is a handy little device. Though its pretty specialized, I've used it twice already in a 3 month period.
Our professor in this case was good about backing up his data, but even still, things happen. This adapter was our solution.
Description of 1.8 2.5 Ide Converter for Toshiba 1.8IN Hard Drive
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