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What connector is this on this hard drive? *pics (Toshiba MK1503GAL)?
I found this old mini hard drive from a vintage Sharp laptop. It is much smaller than a standard 2.5" laptop drive. The connector looks either like a CompactFlash or a mini IDE.
My question is, how do I get the data off of this drive? This does not fit in a CompactFlash reader due to the size of the drive.
3 Answers
- ?Lv 73 months ago
It is an IDE connection but not a standard IDE, standard PATA HDD connectors have pins not sockets, you need a 1.8" to 2.5" converter such as this
- keerokLv 73 months ago
That's an IDE connection. That's the old HDD connector standard. It is sometimes called ATA. IDE/ATA is now known as PATA. It needs a wide flat ribbon cable. You can find PATA PCI adapter cards in eBay and Amazon.
- ?Lv 73 months ago
it is an ATA laptop connector, better known as PATA laptop drive. theoretically, it fits in the same space as a 2.5" drive. it looks 2.5" in your pic. how big is it actually? the narrower thickness varies, even with SATA drives.
