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December 31st, 2024 02:26
M15x SATA Hard Drive Data Recovery
Alienware M15x
I have an old Alienware M15x (purchased in Sept 2010) that I am trying to recover the hard drive for. I purchased a USB adapter for 2.5" SATA 3 drives, but the connection does not match (BENFEI 2.5 Inch SATA to USB Tool Free External Hard Drive Enclosure). The drive is a Seagate Momentus 7400 4; SN: 5VG6JCRH. Is the connection on this hard drive proprietary? Is there a USB adapter out there that will work for this drive? I believe that the laptop has other hardware issues (I currently don't have a power cable for it), so is there a way to recover the hard drive without the laptop booting?
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ejn63
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December 31st, 2024 12:01
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Remove the interposer on the back of the drive - underneath will be a standard SATA power and data connector.
ejn63
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December 31st, 2024 02:31
Remove the drive from any caddy holding it -- it is a standard 2.5" SATA drive and will work with that adapter.
dantheman_25
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December 31st, 2024 03:04
@ejn63 thanks for the response. IT definitely does not fit in this adapter. Here are a couple of images of the HDD connections, if that helps.
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December 31st, 2024 04:13
that is not a standard SATA connector
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December 31st, 2024 13:36
@ejn63 you are correct. Pulling on the black tabs at the ends removed a slim interposer which then allowed me to connect to the standard adapter. I didn't even think to try that. Thank you such much.