[NBLUG/talk] talk Digest, Vol 161, Issue 3

marcus barrett bamarcus77 at gmail.com
Wed Sep 13 12:50:47 PDT 2017


hope i'm doing this right. regarding 2.5" external enclosures.
North Bay Tech Depot has them, and i think they are better
than Target or Best Buy. heck, Walmart probably has them.



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> Subject: [NBLUG/talk] Getting info off a laptop HD
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> I'm looking to get information off of a laptop hard drive. Is there a
> hackerspace around here that has something like a USB enclosure for
> laptop-size drives?
>
> I'm a bit sour on blindly buying commercial solutions since I once bought
> an
> external USB drive to get info off of a desktop SATA drive and it turned
> out
> that the USB enclosure was somehow keyed to the drive it came with and
> refused
> to read a different drive. If someone knows of a product that works, I'll
> take
> recommendations.
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> Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2017 16:28:56 -0700 (PDT)
> From: "Derek B. Noonburg" <derekn at foolabs.com>
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> Subject: Re: [NBLUG/talk] Getting info off a laptop HD
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> I've been using one of these:
>
> https://www.amazon.com/ORICO-External-Docking-Station-
> Support/dp/B00CE65C4W/
>
> with Linux, and it works fine.
>
> - Derek
>
>
> On 2017 Sep 12, cecrops at sandwich.net wrote:
> > I'm looking to get information off of a laptop hard drive. Is there a
> > hackerspace around here that has something like a USB enclosure for
> > laptop-size drives?
> >
> > I'm a bit sour on blindly buying commercial solutions since I once
> bought an
> > external USB drive to get info off of a desktop SATA drive and it turned
> out
> > that the USB enclosure was somehow keyed to the drive it came with and
> refused
> > to read a different drive. If someone knows of a product that works,
> I'll take
> > recommendations.
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> Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2017 00:17:34 +0000
> From: Timothy Doughty <timothy.evan.doughty at gmail.com>
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>         etc." <talk at nblug.org>
> Cc: rmamer at cs.sonoma.edu
> Subject: Re: [NBLUG/talk] Getting info off a laptop HD
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> Most external drives (especially enclosed ones) will keep a key on the disk
> itself that's checked against the enclosure's firmware, and only work once
> validated. If that's not the case, the one Derek linked should work just
> fine.
> --
> Timothy
>
> On Tue, Sep 12, 2017, 4:29 PM Derek B. Noonburg <derekn at foolabs.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I've been using one of these:
> >
> >
> > https://www.amazon.com/ORICO-External-Docking-Station-
> Support/dp/B00CE65C4W/
> >
> > with Linux, and it works fine.
> >
> > - Derek
> >
> >
> > On 2017 Sep 12, cecrops at sandwich.net wrote:
> > > I'm looking to get information off of a laptop hard drive. Is there a
> > > hackerspace around here that has something like a USB enclosure for
> > > laptop-size drives?
> > >
> > > I'm a bit sour on blindly buying commercial solutions since I once
> > bought an
> > > external USB drive to get info off of a desktop SATA drive and it
> turned
> > out
> > > that the USB enclosure was somehow keyed to the drive it came with and
> > refused
> > > to read a different drive. If someone knows of a product that works,
> > I'll take
> > > recommendations.
> > >
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