mSATA to SATA adapter for new laptop

demonikal

demonikal

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I've been looking at a lot of laptops the past couple months. Mostly I'm concerned with a good processor and plenty of memory. But it seems when I look for laptops with good processor and memory specs, it always comes with a 1TB hard disk drive. I don't need that much space. Even 320-500GB is overkill for me basically. I was gonna get an mSATA to SATA adapter anyway (this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812186184) to check to see if I still have accessible data on a mSSD from a laptop that was liquid damaged.

If I opt for a laptop with a bigger than I need hard drive, since laptops that come with SSD's are super expensive, can this or an adapter like it be used to swap in a mSSD? I realize laptops these days are getting more and more difficult to take apart, so I'd probably pay a repair shop to have it done. Thanks.
 
Why are you looking to use an mSSD drive if the laptop has a traditional SATA port and bay? I know you want to recover the data from an mSSD, but are you also looking at using that drive in your new laptop? If not, I would just go for a SATA-based SSD like the Samsung 840/850 EVO.
 
WRXGuy1 said:
Why are you looking to use an mSSD drive if the laptop has a traditional SATA port and bay? I know you want to recover the data from an mSSD, but are you also looking at using that drive in your new laptop? If not, I would just go for a SATA-based SSD like the Samsung 840/850 EVO.
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I can't believe I didn't think of that. It's so simple, I don't know how I could have overlooked that. Regardless, thanks. Problem fixed. :)
 
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