Data Recovery for 1.8” Samsung Micro-drive from MacBook Air computer

Our lab has recently come across of this micro-drive made by Samsung for MacBook Air computers. The model of the drive was HS12UHE or HS12UHE/A. The hard drive was in for the data recovery. Here is why we decided to give more attention to this particular model, as it actually represents a new generation of micro-drives, in terms of its interface. The thing is that it has absolutely different ZIF/LIF interface than all of the drives which fall into category of micro-drives with ZIF/LIF interface.
1. It has a 24-pin connector compare to 40-line bus on the standard 1.8” ZIF/LIF Microdrives.
2. ZIF-24 incorporates SATA data line compare to IDE-ATA interface for standard ZIF drives
3. It has a 3.3 V power line compare to 5V voltage for other ZIF HDD
The data recovery has been successfully fulfilled for this hard drive by our top-notched engineers using our state-of-the-art equipment, specifically designed for this type of hard drives. So, in case your "little guy" has failed - we are standing by to help you out and pull the data off of it. Guaranteed.

New ZIF SATA connector in pictures

Probably, your MacBook Air laptop has one of those Samsung micro drives presented on the picture. Other option for the latest Air-laptops is a solid-state (SSD) drive with the same zif-24 interface.

Compare ZIF-24 SATA connector(red) versus ZIF-40 IDE connector(white) on the picture below: