Samsung LIF SSD 128GB Adapter

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IT LAND

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Sep 1, 2017, 6:55:18 AM9/1/17
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Hi Guys,

I got a Samsung old LIF SSD drive out of a Sony Vaio laptop today - see images.
I don't have an adapter for it, so trying to find one.
Did anyone worked with an adapter for this drive? and can recommend one?
I found one on eBay:
But not sure if it will be compatible for this SDD.

Cheers
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Tim Homer - Desert Data Recovery

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Sep 1, 2017, 12:04:53 PM9/1/17
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I did have one of these in about a year ago and at that time there was no adapter for it. The one you link to will not work.

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IT LAND

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Sep 1, 2017, 10:08:22 PM9/1/17
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Bummer, yep that's the first time i saw one of those.


On Saturday, September 2, 2017 at 2:04:53 AM UTC+10, Tim wrote:

I did have one of these in about a year ago and at that time there was no adapter for it. The one you link to will not work.

 

 

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Subject: Samsung LIF SSD 128GB Adapter

 

Hi Guys,

 

I got a Samsung old LIF SSD drive out of a Sony Vaio laptop today - see images.

I don't have an adapter for it, so trying to find one.

Did anyone worked with an adapter for this drive? and can recommend one?

I found one on eBay:

But not sure if it will be compatible for this SDD.

 

Cheers

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Alandata Recovery

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Sep 2, 2017, 1:15:27 AM9/2/17
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On Fri, Sep 1, 2017 at 7:08 PM, IT LAND <od...@itland.com.au> wrote:
Bummer, yep that's the first time i saw one of those.

On Saturday, September 2, 2017 at 2:04:53 AM UTC+10, Tim wrote:

I did have one of these in about a year ago and at that time there was no adapter for it. The one you link to will not work.

 

 

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Subject: Samsung LIF SSD 128GB Adapter

 

Hi Guys,

 

I got a Samsung old LIF SSD drive out of a Sony Vaio laptop today - see images.

I don't have an adapter for it, so trying to find one.

Did anyone worked with an adapter for this drive? and can recommend one?

I found one on eBay:

But not sure if it will be compatible for this SDD.

 

Cheers

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IT LAND

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Sep 2, 2017, 3:34:50 AM9/2/17
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Thanks Wayne,
Unfortunately the client took the drive back as he needed it to happen in 1 day so i can't keep on any work on it.
The hdd guru link is the more relevant one, but i'm not completely sure what need to be soldered and can't try it now without the drive.

The link of the Runcorn adapter would not work - it is similar to the one i posted in the beginning of the post - it is a 24 pins compared to this one which is 25 pins.


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On Fri, Sep 1, 2017 at 10:29 PM, Alandata Recovery <in...@alandata.com> wrote:
On Fri, Sep 1, 2017 at 10:14 PM, Alandata Recovery <in...@alandata.com> wrote:
On Fri, Sep 1, 2017 at 7:08 PM, IT LAND <od...@itland.com.au> wrote:
Bummer, yep that's the first time i saw one of those.

On Saturday, September 2, 2017 at 2:04:53 AM UTC+10, Tim wrote:

I did have one of these in about a year ago and at that time there was no adapter for it. The one you link to will not work.

 

 

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Subject: Samsung LIF SSD 128GB Adapter

 

Hi Guys,

 

I got a Samsung old LIF SSD drive out of a Sony Vaio laptop today - see images.

I don't have an adapter for it, so trying to find one.

Did anyone worked with an adapter for this drive? and can recommend one?

I found one on eBay:

But not sure if it will be compatible for this SDD.

 

Cheers

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Fraser Corrance

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Sep 6, 2017, 2:25:28 PM9/6/17
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Hi there IT Land,

I came across one of those drives a couple years ago. At the time I had no luck finding any sort of adapter that looked like it would fit. It's good to know there are also other options out there. Thanks for sharing, Alandata. ;-)

What worked for me in my situation was to boot the laptop to a live version of Linux, install DDRescue, and image both drives together. The drives in the laptop I was working on were configured as striped RAID. Recovering the drives while they were in the laptop made it considerably simpler because I ended up with a image of the entire RAID and did not even have to reassemble it. 

Hopefully that helps if you ever come across one of these again. Thankfully, Sony did not use this stupid drive design in very many laptops. 

Fraser Corrance
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IT LAND

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Sep 7, 2017, 1:20:25 AM9/7/17
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Hi Fraser,

it would have been my first option, but it doesn't help in the case that the Laptop motherboard is dead, as it was in this case.

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