Accessing Data on SSD

[mart73]

My old laptop died without warning, I've managed to remove the SSD.
Before I waste money on the wrong thing, is there a specific type of caddy/enclosure I need to use in order to access its content?

Any help appreciated.

[Mr Pointy]

Search for "M.2 Adapter" & you'll find something suitable - you want a 2280 B+M Key adapter:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/JIEYUCHU-USB3-0-Adapter-S...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=m.2+adapter&crid=...

[mart73]

Mr Pointy said:

Search for "M.2 Adapter" & you'll find something suitable - you want a 2280 B+M Key adapter:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/JIEYUCHU-USB3-0-Adapter-S...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=m.2+adapter&crid=...

Thank you!

[Mandat]

mart73 said:

My old laptop died without warning, I've managed to remove the SSD.
Before I waste money on the wrong thing, is there a specific type of caddy/enclosure I need to use in order to access its content?

Any help appreciated.

What device are you planning on reading the data on.

If another laptop or desktop PC, you might be able to plug the SSD directly into a free slot on the motherboard and avoid the caddy route altogether.

[RizzoTheRat]

My wife's laptop died the other week and I bought this housing to access the drive, worked perfectly once she'd found the password for the encryption.


https://www.amazon.co.uk/UGREEN-Enclosure-External...

[mart73]

Mandat said:

What device are you planning on reading the data on.

If another laptop or desktop PC, you might be able to plug the SSD directly into a free slot on the motherboard and avoid the caddy route altogether.

Thanks, hadn't thought of that. It'll be read on my laptop.

[mart73]

RizzoTheRat said:

My wife's laptop died the other week and I bought this housing to access the drive, worked perfectly once she'd found the password for the encryption.


https://www.amazon.co.uk/UGREEN-Enclosure-External...

Thanks!

[Prak]

RizzoTheRat said:

once she'd found the password for the encryption.

Don't gloss over this bit OP. What OS was the laptop running and did you have BitLocker enabled?

[mart73]

Prak said:

Don't gloss over this bit OP. What OS was the laptop running and did you have BitLocker enabled?

Bitlocker wasn't enabled. It was running Windows 10.

[maccboy]

Sorry to hijack the thread - but there seem to be some knowledgeable people on it!
Please could someone advise me on a caddy for access to this drive? My laptop has died too and - as well as an SSD as above, it's also got this HDD.
TIA

[illmonkey]

Looks like a 2.5" SATA drive, something like this (assuming you want to connect to an other computer via USB) https://www.amazon.co.uk/BENFEI-Cable-Driver-Adapt...

[Mr Pointy]

I think that's a 2.5" SATA HDD so something like this should do it:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/StarTech-comUSB-SATA-Driv...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=hard+drive+adapter&am...

If you can unplug it & post a shot of the connector & the label on the top of the drive we can be a bit more sure.

[maccboy]

Thanks both. Here's the connector.

[illmonkey]

Bingo! We were correct, either product would work for that drive.

It's SATA 2.5".

[RizzoTheRat]

Can USB provide enough power for a 2.5" spinning drive? I know it can't do 3.5" but no idea about 2.5"

[illmonkey]

RizzoTheRat said:

Can USB provide enough power for a 2.5" spinning drive? I know it can't do 3.5" but no idea about 2.5"

2.5" are 5v, same as USB. 3.5" are 12v, but you have a separate PSU in a desktop so not an issue

[maccboy]

Thanks very much.

Ordered!

[tribbles]

You might find some USB adapters struggle with some 2.5" drives - particularly early generation drives. Use a USB3 socket (which will be able to provide higher power).

However, 1TB is likely to be reasonably new, so probably okay.