What enclosure for 2.5 hdd

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by dragracer1199, Nov 3, 2008.

  1. dragracer1199

    dragracer1199 Private E-2

    Hello, i have a hard drive that came out of a laptop that i want to buy an external enclosure for so i can use it to store and transfer files. the problem is i dont know what type of enclosure to buy (ide,sata, ata,ect.) it does have a little icon of a wine glass on the drive and it says "ULTRA ATA" beside it. the drive is a "seagate" brand and is 40gb, it also says "AT DISC DRIVE" IN one location. i assume it is an "AT" drive and not an "IDE" please forgive my ignorance as i am not familiar with laptop hardware at all. what type of enclosure do i need to buy? and also any advice on websites to buy them from? Thanks!
     
  2. buggabear

    buggabear MajorGeek

  3. dragracer1199

    dragracer1199 Private E-2

    so im still not 100% sure what mine is. ata, sata ide??
     
  4. buggabear

    buggabear MajorGeek

    I can only go by what you typed Ultra ATA I would go with that
     

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