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Wondering if there is an adapter cable that can be hooked into firewire or USB to power-up and read an external SATA drive (one removed from another failed PowerBook or MacBook for data recovery) Perhaps a pin-out diagram to make one up would do.
what you’re looking for is one of these universal USB 2.0 drive adapters - you can find other manufacturers too, not just this particular brand FAR more versatile than an external firewire enclosure. a must-have tool for anyone who often takes apart computers and needs to transfer data between drives. - inexpensive and can interface to many different kinds and physical sizes of drives.
You need a hard drive enclosure, you cant just connect it straight to the firewire port as there is complex circuitry involved. You can find one here
Thanks everyone, I think the question is answered. Merry Christmas to all… I’ll see if there is still time for Santa to dredge up an adapter cable for me. D
Ok… Thanks for the info. However, are you sure this will work for a HD from a MacBook? The HD is a Seagate Momentus 5400.3 120GB. I bought a similar adapter, a Vantec, and the connectors did not fit the HD. Has anyone used the product on the link above for a Mac Laptop HD?
