Attach internal HDD as external drive

[alberto2000]

Hi, my girl's HDD (Macbook Pro Unibody 2009) is faulty and I need to investigate it as an external drive. Can I use a Sata-to-USB adapter and just plug it to my own Macbook? Please advice! Thank for any help

 

[simsaladimbamba]

Yes, or if you have Firewire on your MacBook: Target Disk Mode.

 

[alberto2000]

Thanks!
Strangely, I could not mount the drive by using target disc mode. By using an usb/sata adapter, I could mount it in finder and simply copy the needed data. Slow but at least ut works!!!

 

[Fishrrman]

"Hi, my girl's HDD (Macbook Pro Unibody 2009) is faulty and I need to investigate it as an external drive. Can I use a Sata-to-USB adapter and just plug it to my own Macbook?"

This is EXACTLY what you need:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias=aps&field-keywords=usb+sata+dock&x=0&y=0

Some can be had for as little as $20-25.
You can even boot from them.
They work fine as "external drives", as well.