1.8 HDD to IDE Connector

[cash_money]

Hey,

I need to connect my macbook air hard drive (ipod hard drive) to my computer to try and recover some files. I was wondering if anyone is familiar with the process...?

Will this work: http://cgi.ebay.ca/New-1-8-to-3-5-desktop-IDE-HDD-Adapter-for-IPOD_W0QQitemZ260302929191QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item 260302929191&_trkparms=72%3A1215%7C39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C 240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

The 1.8 HDD pins seem to be too large? However, it seems to be the right one...

Any suggestions would be appreciated..

thanks

[ngp]

I saw one of those on www.dealextreme.com.
Their site is currently down, so I can't get a link for you.
It's free shipping from that site.

[rabbit]

Yeah, Deal Extreme has them.

They also have one of those SATA/IDE to USB things, which I'm pretty sure supports 1.8" drives (although it's closer to $20, and not <$5). It's not like the ones at NCIX, the one I'm talking about. The thing you plug into your drives is square. The NCIX-styled ones are only good for 2.5/3.5/5.25" drives.

Hmm, hope DX didn't go out of business, since I just ordered $50 worth of stuff from them :).


Don't know about getting your data off, though. Knowing Apple, it probably uses some flakeyass, proprietary thing.

[cash_money]

hey guys, thanks for the dealextreme suggestion, im going to try to get it from their but their site is slow now...

any idea how long it takes to ship to canada?

as for apple, they wouldnt back up my files or i would have paid them to...


i noticed they have 1.8 hdd enclosures...i dont see any for the ZIF drives?

[rabbit]

This is the one I was talking about before
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.7690
The 1.8" connector is below the SATA connector.

It takes forever to get your stuff ... 3-4 weeks.

[cash_money]

thanks for the suggestion but i cant wait 4 weeks unfortunately :( i just went ahead and ordered it locally, its like twice the price, but atleast ill get it in a couple days... although i think my harddrive is effed up;this is just a last resort...