FlashGordon Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 I am trying to back up a laptop drive (2.5", sATA) and when I removed the drive, it does not have the normal plug configuration. It has a setup where it can by layed into the pin reading mechanism instead of being "plugged" in like normal laptop drives. Is there a hardware workaround for this? Or am I going to have to deal with HP? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DingleBerries Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 I am trying to back up a laptop drive (2.5", sATA) and when I removed the drive, it does not have the normal plug configuration. It has a setup where it can by layed into the pin reading mechanism instead of being "plugged" in like normal laptop drives. Is there a hardware workaround for this? Or am I going to have to deal with HP? Lawl... Its not to be "layed" onto anything... That is the way the plug is made, there is a special adapter.. what you are thinking about is ATA... SATA ATA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 If this is indeed the case, then epic lulz are in order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonlit Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 According to the picture the OP posted on IRC, the drive is a standard 2.5" SATA drive with some form of (removable) SATA-to-motherboard right-angle adapter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmo Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Hi, HP/Compaq have a bad habbit of using their own connectors for items like hard drives but usually they are removable to attach a bigger hard drive or install that hard drive into another computer. Hp also had a security thing for a while to stop ppl from removing the drive and chucking it into another computer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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