Scrapping Dell Mini, want to keep hdd for external storage

Metalhead Fred

Hi,

As the title says, I'm scrapping an old laptop. There's an 80gb Samsung HS082HB hdd drive inside that I'd like to use for external storage. I've had a look on google/ebay for something to power this drive externally, but I'm not getting useful results. Any suggestions? It's a size 1.8".... a bit smaller than the average laptop 2.5"

Cheers.

Johnboy1951

Lots of options such as some here ......

http://www.ebay.com/bhp/micro-sata-to-usb

available elsewhere also ....

https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=micro+sata+to+usb&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Amicro+sata+to+usb

Metalhead Fred

Those results in the links you posted are for micro sata ports, which this particular drive doesn't seem to have. I've posted an image of the drive I want to use, I think it's the same hdds as the ones in some ipods. You can see the port in the image, I'm just not sure what it's called.

Metalhead Fred

Yes I am. Thanks for the replies guys!

Fred