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What enclosure would i use for a Hitachi hts542512k9sa

by Apr 4, 2014 2:52AM PDT

Hi all,

I am a newbie here and would appreciate some help. I have an old HP laptop with a Hitachi HTS542512K9SA00 hard drive. I want to use the hard drive as an external drive and ordered 2 SATA enclosures but the connectors did not match. I am now confused as to what type of enclosure to use as the drive says it's a SATA. I do not want to order IDE as I think the will be wrong too.
Any help would be appreciated to find the correct enclosure.

Thanks.

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Which connectors? Power or data? 3.5" enclosure?
by wpgwpg Apr 4, 2014 3:16AM PDT

If it's the power connector, you can get inexpensive adapters for that. AFAIK all SATA drives use the same plugs/sockets for data (the thin 1/2" ones). From what I see at the HGST web site, the connectors look like the standard ones for a SATA drive, so I'm wondering about the enclosures you have. I guess you know that you could get a 500 GB SATA drive with much higher transfer rate for less than you paid for those enclosures. Another possibility is that you have enclosures for 3.5" drives while the drive you have is a 2.5" drive. Details matter for us to help you, and you didn't provide much in that regard.
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Which connectors? Power or data? 3.5" enclosure?
by Gooner2305 Apr 4, 2014 3:42AM PDT

Not sure of the connectors, it is a row of gold connectors but not pins more like spades, they slide downwards into position in the dive bay, you just sort of drop it in. it is a 2.5 inch HP laptop drive. The drives came out of a DV9600 and DV9700 HP laptop. A reply states it is a notebook drive but the the laptops there isn are 15 inch screens so not a notebook. I am a bit of a numpty when it comes to this stuff so sorry for the lack of info.
Also I am in the UK.

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Link shows SATA
by Forum moderator Apr 4, 2014 3:08AM PDT
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Forgot the drive's link.
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Apr 4, 2014 3:42AM PDT
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Link shows SATA
by Gooner2305 Apr 4, 2014 3:46AM PDT

Hi Bob, thanks for the link I am in the UK and these do not seem to be available on amazon.co.uk.

I had ordered:-

SAVFY® USB3.0 SUPER-SPEED External 2.5" Inch SATA HDD Hard Drive Caddy Enclosure Case with Cable Laptop and PC parts, also Supports Hi-Speed USB 2.0 480Mbps & USB 1.1 connection

But this had the wrong connector.

Stuart

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This one looks all too similar.
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Apr 4, 2014 3:48AM PDT
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Connectors look wrong
by Gooner2305 Apr 4, 2014 4:03AM PDT

Not sure of the connectors are right as these are the same as the 2 drives I bought and returned. The connectors on the drive are a row of gold connectors but not pins more like spades, they slide downwards into position in the drive bay, you just sort of drop it in. it is a 2.5 inch HP laptop drive. The drives came out of a DV9600 and DV9700 HP laptop. I am a bit of a numpty when it comes to this stuff so sorry for the lack of info.

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Small world. That's the adapter HP added.
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Apr 4, 2014 4:13AM PDT

I have a dv6000 series at the office which is the 15 inch model of same.

You haven't removed HP's laptop drive adapter yet. It should just slide off.
Bob

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Bob you are a ruddy marvel.
by Gooner2305 Apr 4, 2014 4:57AM PDT

Thanks Bob you are a ruddy marvel, just checked and removed the adaptor and lo and behold a nice SATA connector, just a shame I have already returned the 2 drive cases. Thank You very much.

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Thanks. But you had to keep at it.
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Apr 4, 2014 5:08AM PDT

Your persistence and more words helped me recall what was going on here. I think that everyone bumps into that or another adapter from time to time. Always fun when you figure it out!

Some folk get upset too soon and bumble off to find those that know. I knew but didn't know it applied here until you wrote a little more.
Bob

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It was great talking with you and thanks for the help.
by Gooner2305 Apr 4, 2014 6:04AM PDT

It was great talking with you and thanks so much for the help, still feeling a little embarrassed but now online ordering new cases.

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What enclosure would i use for a Hitachi hts542512k9sa
by Apr 4, 2014 3:30AM PDT

Not sure of the connectors, it is a row of gold connectors but not pins more like spades, they slide downwards into position in the dive bay, you just sort of drop it in. it is a 2.5 inch laptop drive.

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