SATA reader? Enclosure? Confused...

[catfish743]

So I have this picture of what I have:

I'm not sure what it is, but this is what I think it is: I believe it is an SATA connector on my external hard drive. It was in an iomega casing, but I think the casing's logic board (I think) quit because I did a power test and none of the board got power. So seeing nothing else but to learn, I took it apart. That's what came out. Now what I'm asking is one: Am I correct in my assessment? Two: If it is correct, is there something that I can put this thing that I have into so that it can read it, analogous to a card read for SD cards. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
catfish

 

[mlemonds]

easiest thing would be to go to best buy and pick up a hard drive enclosure.

or this one off of newegg works too and looks awesome.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817347017

 

[catfish743]

The thing I'm worried about is if the drive will fit in the enclosure, both physically and the connection. As I can't really see pictures of them on the inside I'm not sure what to do to verify it.

 

[mlemonds]

It is a SATA connecter

any sata enclosure will fit it

 

[hayduke]

You are holding a standard 3.5" SATA hard drive. There are a large number of enclosures out there that will easily connect to your drive.

 

[nanofrog]

You are holding a standard 3.5" SATA hard drive. There are a large number of enclosures out there that will easily connect to your drive.

Exactly. Any enclosure that states it fits a 3.5" SATA drive, and sends the data through a port (USB, FW400/800,...) you have available, will work.

 

[GregE]

If you only wanted to read the drive and not put it in another enclosure, you could get something like this: http://www.cablestogo.com/product.asp?cat_id=1540&sku=30504

 

[Tomorrow]

I have one of these and I love it. I mostly use it for Time Machine.

Nice thing about it is it reads both 3.5" and 2.5" SATA drives, and is self-powered.

 

[GregE]

I have one of these and I love it. I mostly use it for Time Machine.

Nice thing about it is it reads both 3.5" and 2.5" SATA drives, and is self-powered.

That's pretty cool. With what I showed, I always have to have a place to set the drive. I like this one and might have to put it on my wish list.

 

[GregE]

I have one of these and I love it. I mostly use it for Time Machine.

Nice thing about it is it reads both 3.5" and 2.5" SATA drives, and is self-powered.

There is even a dual bay one.

http://www.vantecusa.com/front/product/view_detail/372

 

[catfish743]

I have one of these and I love it. I mostly use it for Time Machine.

Nice thing about it is it reads both 3.5" and 2.5" SATA drives, and is self-powered.

Thanks for that! I just placed my order.