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External USB Enclosure

I have a MacBook Pro that went dead on me. Apple has confirmed it is the logic board and it doesn't qualify for the Nvida replacement.

I now need to get the data off of the old system by taking out the hard disk and putting it in a USB enclosure and then using it as an External drive in a MacBook with USB 1.0.

The drive is an HItachi 5400 RPM Sata drive. The number on the case is HTS541612J9SA00. Please tell me what kind of enclosure is needed.

Thanks,

Randal

dan4132

You could use one of these instead of putting it in an enclosure:

http://www.maplin.co.uk/ide-sata-to-usb-2.0-48965

I use these to get data from dead laptops. It does both IDE and SATA

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sharingsunshine

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Thanks for the quick reply. However, I can't do anything but USB 1.0. Unless I am missing something I don't see this is backwards compatible.

dan4132

What I posted at the top is still compatible with USB 1. Does both 1 & 2

David

Does your MBP have the tiny expansion card? If so buy a controller for it? If you are getting a similar replacement machine, then you can put your current HD in the replacement and it will work fine.

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sharingsunshine

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thanks for the suggestion on Firewire hadn't experienced USB. I don't know what you mean about an expansion card?

This is the one I am ready to buy - http://www.amazon.com/Macally-PHRS-250CC-FireWire-External-Enclosure/dp/B0012DR4HG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1317137508&sr=8-1

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sharingsunshine

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it took several of your responses to help. I gave firewire the most because that would have been a disaster using USB 1.0 and I had forgotten about Firewire altogether.