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Casing for 512GB M.2 PCIe SSD

has a SSD  M.2 PCIe (attached the photo).. is there a casing available in the market to connect as external drive to copy out the data?
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This is an M-key-only drive, so it's not as easy as if it were a B+M drive.  However, the adapter below may do the job in a more roundabout way.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/173261309417

Install the SSD onto the "M key" area of the adapter, then install the adapter into an available PCI Express card in a motherboard.  It should appear as a standard drive.
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oh that means we have to use a desktop to copy out the data... so not that straight forward as able to connect as external usb drive
That's correct.  There are USB converters available for B+M interfaced drives, but this particular one is M interface only.
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can show a link to how to see the differences between  M and B+M interfaced drives ?
http://www.electronicdesign.com/blog/what-s-difference-between-m2-modules

Note the different slot locations on the edge connectors.

"The M interface provides x4 PCIe, SATA, and SMBus."  But not USB.
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Had bought the adapter pCi express card.. is it possible to assemble this in any of the pci express slots? (Attached the motherboard design)
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Thanks for your input