topic Re: Accessing files on a removed hard drive..... in PCs & Accessories https://community.sony.ba/t5/pcs-accessories/accessing-files-on-a-removed-hard-drive/m-p/109632#M100508 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi coldblood87,<BR /><BR />Welcome to the forum,<BR /><BR />You seem to be correct I can not find any external 2.5" sata enclosures <img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://community.sony.ba/html/@8A5BDCECEE2E5AB683F2BDAA500F2036/images/smilies/035.png" alt=":slight_frown:" title=":slight_frown:" /><BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 13 Jan 2006 15:52:07 GMT Thalamus. 2006-01-13T15:52:07Z Accessing files on a removed hard drive..... https://community.sony.ba/t5/pcs-accessories/accessing-files-on-a-removed-hard-drive/m-p/109630#M100507 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I recently had to have my Vaio S4M/S replaced due to a small accident, and got sent my old hard drive so i could hopefully recover the files from it. However, I cant seem to find out anywhere how to do this safely and easily. Does anyone have any ideas what i can do? I was looking into enclosures, but my hard drive seems to be a 2.5" SATA and places only sell either 3.5" SATA or 2.5" IDE.......:smileyworried:<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 13 Jan 2006 15:20:49 GMT https://community.sony.ba/t5/pcs-accessories/accessing-files-on-a-removed-hard-drive/m-p/109630#M100507 coldblood87 2006-01-13T15:20:49Z Re: Accessing files on a removed hard drive..... https://community.sony.ba/t5/pcs-accessories/accessing-files-on-a-removed-hard-drive/m-p/109632#M100508 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi coldblood87,<BR /><BR />Welcome to the forum,<BR /><BR />You seem to be correct I can not find any external 2.5" sata enclosures <img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://community.sony.ba/html/@8A5BDCECEE2E5AB683F2BDAA500F2036/images/smilies/035.png" alt=":slight_frown:" title=":slight_frown:" /><BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 13 Jan 2006 15:52:07 GMT https://community.sony.ba/t5/pcs-accessories/accessing-files-on-a-removed-hard-drive/m-p/109632#M100508 Thalamus. 2006-01-13T15:52:07Z Re: Accessing files on a removed hard drive..... https://community.sony.ba/t5/pcs-accessories/accessing-files-on-a-removed-hard-drive/m-p/109634#M100509 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi<BR /><BR />It might be worth contacting these people as they seem to be able to build all sorts of hard drives.<BR /><BR />They may be able to help?<BR /><BR /><A href="http://www.allcam.biz/" target="_blank">Click here for Allcam</A> <BR /><BR />HTH<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 13 Jan 2006 18:58:02 GMT https://community.sony.ba/t5/pcs-accessories/accessing-files-on-a-removed-hard-drive/m-p/109634#M100509 GBS 2006-01-13T18:58:02Z Re: Accessing files on a removed hard drive..... https://community.sony.ba/t5/pcs-accessories/accessing-files-on-a-removed-hard-drive/m-p/109635#M100510 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>You can get SATA to IDE converters.<BR /><BR />I stumbled in here looking for info on the HDD in my S4Z. It seems that the drive is SATA as you say but the controller is IDE. Not sure if it's fair to advertise the drive as SATA when the HDD controller is IDE. My drive is currently running in Ultra DMA Mode 5, not SATA 150Mb/s.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 18 Jan 2006 20:26:58 GMT https://community.sony.ba/t5/pcs-accessories/accessing-files-on-a-removed-hard-drive/m-p/109635#M100510 dodridge 2006-01-18T20:26:58Z Re: Accessing files on a removed hard drive..... https://community.sony.ba/t5/pcs-accessories/accessing-files-on-a-removed-hard-drive/m-p/109636#M100511 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><PRE __jive_macro_name="quote" class="jive_text_macro jive_macro_quote">Not sure if it's fair to advertise the drive as SATA when the HDD controller is IDE. <BR /></PRE><BR /><BR />That's a bit naughty of Sony! <img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://community.sony.ba/html/@BD73E57F138EB6B03A4732B007A44B5F/images/smilies/041.png" alt=":triumph:" title=":triumph:" /><BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 18 Jan 2006 20:35:01 GMT https://community.sony.ba/t5/pcs-accessories/accessing-files-on-a-removed-hard-drive/m-p/109636#M100511 kee-lo_ 2006-01-18T20:35:01Z Re: Accessing files on a removed hard drive..... https://community.sony.ba/t5/pcs-accessories/accessing-files-on-a-removed-hard-drive/m-p/109638#M100512 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Update:<BR /><BR />The controller IS SATA capable (ICH6-M) but it seems that the SATA drivers are not installed, and it shows up as an Ultra ATA IDE controller. <BR /><BR />These drivers can only be installed during a clean OS install, so I'm don't think I can fix it myself without an XP disc etc.<BR /><BR />I created an eSupport case. No response yet.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 20 Jan 2006 10:25:55 GMT https://community.sony.ba/t5/pcs-accessories/accessing-files-on-a-removed-hard-drive/m-p/109638#M100512 dodridge 2006-01-20T10:25:55Z