Samsung HDD to Rocketfish SATA enclosure?

DGtekkie · 01-06-2009, 11:48 AM

My laptop crashed and I have to send it in to HP for a hardware problem. I am trying to retrieve the data off of my laptop HD, but I have no idea how to connect the HD to the USB enclosure.

The hard drive that I have is a Samsung 320gb (Model: HM320JI p/n: HM320JI/M) and the enclosure I bought is a Rocketfish 2.5" SATA hard drive enclosure kit.

I checked online to verify that the Samsung is an SATA drive...unless it is not..??

The manual does not help. A picture depicts a sliding action to connect the HD to the enclosure, but a vertical pulling action is required to remove my HD from the laptop.

This is my first time doing this, if you can't already tell.

Pics of the hard drive connection:

http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/i...y/IMG_7731.jpg

http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/i...y/IMG_7732.jpg

http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/i...y/IMG_7733.jpg

Pics of the Rocketfish connection:

http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/i...y/IMG_7734.jpg

http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/i...y/IMG_7735.jpg

http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/i...y/IMG_7736.jpg

I was informed from BadBigBen on another forum that the connection on the Samsung hard drive is a newer SATA connection. Is there anyway to connect the two?

Any solutions?

Madcatz · 01-06-2009, 03:23 PM

Your hard drive has basically a very small adapter on the end of it, it converts from sata to a pin sata layout.

Normally you can just pull that adapter right off, hard to see in the picture. but it looked like it may be in a sort of cradle also which you would need to take the hard drive out of, normally just a couple of phillips head screws holding it in.

Do that and it should fit just fine in your external enclosure.

DGtekkie · 01-06-2009, 10:22 PM

You were absolutely right Madcatz! Thanks from the bottom of my heart. It turns out there was an adapter that had to be removed on the hard drive. So simple.

Now I have a new problem.

I am able to see the drive in My Computer (with the main and HP recovery partition), but I cannot the main partition. I can access the recovery partition.

I am trying to take ownership of the drive on another laptop, but right clicking does not bring up a security tab. The used space and free space both read 0 bytes.

I used a file recovery program to see if the files were there and accessible, and they were, but the program renames all the files. I now know that the files are accessible.

My question is: How do I access the files on the drive without the recovery program?

01-06-2009, 11:48 AM	#1 (permalink)
DGtekkie Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 2 OS: Windows Vista 64-bit	Samsung HDD to Rocketfish SATA enclosure? My laptop crashed and I have to send it in to HP for a hardware problem. I am trying to retrieve the data off of my laptop HD, but I have no idea how to connect the HD to the USB enclosure. The hard drive that I have is a Samsung 320gb (Model: HM320JI p/n: HM320JI/M) and the enclosure I bought is a Rocketfish 2.5" SATA hard drive enclosure kit. I checked online to verify that the Samsung is an SATA drive...unless it is not..?? The manual does not help. A picture depicts a sliding action to connect the HD to the enclosure, but a vertical pulling action is required to remove my HD from the laptop. This is my first time doing this, if you can't already tell. Pics of the hard drive connection: http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/i...y/IMG_7731.jpg http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/i...y/IMG_7732.jpg http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/i...y/IMG_7733.jpg Pics of the Rocketfish connection: http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/i...y/IMG_7734.jpg http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/i...y/IMG_7735.jpg http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/i...y/IMG_7736.jpg I was informed from BadBigBen on another forum that the connection on the Samsung hard drive is a newer SATA connection. Is there anyway to connect the two? Any solutions?

01-06-2009, 03:23 PM	#2 (permalink)
Madcatz Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 1,389 OS: XP/7/Server 2008 My System	Re: Samsung HDD to Rocketfish SATA enclosure? Your hard drive has basically a very small adapter on the end of it, it converts from sata to a pin sata layout. Normally you can just pull that adapter right off, hard to see in the picture. but it looked like it may be in a sort of cradle also which you would need to take the hard drive out of, normally just a couple of phillips head screws holding it in. Do that and it should fit just fine in your external enclosure.

01-06-2009, 10:22 PM	#3 (permalink)
DGtekkie Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 2 OS: Windows Vista 64-bit	Re: Samsung HDD to Rocketfish SATA enclosure? You were absolutely right Madcatz! Thanks from the bottom of my heart. It turns out there was an adapter that had to be removed on the hard drive. So simple. Now I have a new problem. I am able to see the drive in My Computer (with the main and HP recovery partition), but I cannot the main partition. I can access the recovery partition. I am trying to take ownership of the drive on another laptop, but right clicking does not bring up a security tab. The used space and free space both read 0 bytes. I used a file recovery program to see if the files were there and accessible, and they were, but the program renames all the files. I now know that the files are accessible. My question is: How do I access the files on the drive without the recovery program?