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    • MattSpellerM
      MattSpeller @gjacobse
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      @gjacobse said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

      @MattSpeller said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

      @gjacobse said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

      @MattSpeller said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

      @gjacobse said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

      @MattSpeller said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

      @gjacobse I like the proper docks better but hell yes - we have.... a half dozen?! of them in the office. Useful. Very useful.

      What model,.. I'd go with a dock

      Specifically we use these to great success:

      http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817392052

      note: no IDE

      I still have some IDE (PATA) drives of both 2.5 and 3.5"

      I'd just simplify your setup by throwing the IDE drives directly into a fire!

      Oh fine... I guess I should throw away the Floppy drive and 300 1.44MB Floppies I have too.

      Yes.

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      • gjacobseG
        gjacobse @MattSpeller
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        @MattSpeller said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

        @gjacobse said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

        @MattSpeller said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

        @gjacobse said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

        @MattSpeller said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

        @gjacobse said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

        @MattSpeller said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

        @gjacobse I like the proper docks better but hell yes - we have.... a half dozen?! of them in the office. Useful. Very useful.

        What model,.. I'd go with a dock

        Specifically we use these to great success:

        http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817392052

        note: no IDE

        I still have some IDE (PATA) drives of both 2.5 and 3.5"

        I'd just simplify your setup by throwing the IDE drives directly into a fire!

        Oh fine... I guess I should throw away the Floppy drive and 300 1.44MB Floppies I have too.

        Yes.

        I suppose I could... but that means that I would retire about 2TBs worth of disk space.....

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        • MattSpellerM
          MattSpeller @gjacobse
          last edited by

          @gjacobse said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

          @MattSpeller said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

          @gjacobse said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

          @MattSpeller said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

          @gjacobse said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

          @MattSpeller said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

          @gjacobse said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

          @MattSpeller said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

          @gjacobse I like the proper docks better but hell yes - we have.... a half dozen?! of them in the office. Useful. Very useful.

          What model,.. I'd go with a dock

          Specifically we use these to great success:

          http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817392052

          note: no IDE

          I still have some IDE (PATA) drives of both 2.5 and 3.5"

          I'd just simplify your setup by throwing the IDE drives directly into a fire!

          Oh fine... I guess I should throw away the Floppy drive and 300 1.44MB Floppies I have too.

          Yes.

          I suppose I could... but that means that I would retire about 2TBs worth of disk space.....

          Nothing of value would be lost lol

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          • gjacobseG
            gjacobse @MattSpeller
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            @MattSpeller said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

            @gjacobse said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

            @MattSpeller said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

            @gjacobse said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

            @MattSpeller said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

            @gjacobse said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

            @MattSpeller said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

            @gjacobse said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

            @MattSpeller said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

            @gjacobse I like the proper docks better but hell yes - we have.... a half dozen?! of them in the office. Useful. Very useful.

            What model,.. I'd go with a dock

            Specifically we use these to great success:

            http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817392052

            note: no IDE

            I still have some IDE (PATA) drives of both 2.5 and 3.5"

            I'd just simplify your setup by throwing the IDE drives directly into a fire!

            Oh fine... I guess I should throw away the Floppy drive and 300 1.44MB Floppies I have too.

            Yes.

            I suppose I could... but that means that I would retire about 2TBs worth of disk space.....

            Nothing of value would be lost lol

            Drives are cheap - the data isn't..

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            • gjacobseG
              gjacobse @dafyre
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              @dafyre said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

              Stay away from the Rosewill stuff. I had 3 of their USB -> IDE/SATA units, they worked well enough, but the build quality was terrible.

              Thanks for the tip -

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              • MattSpellerM
                MattSpeller @gjacobse
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                @gjacobse said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                @MattSpeller said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                @gjacobse said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                @MattSpeller said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                @gjacobse said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                @MattSpeller said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                @gjacobse said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                @MattSpeller said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                @gjacobse said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                @MattSpeller said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                @gjacobse I like the proper docks better but hell yes - we have.... a half dozen?! of them in the office. Useful. Very useful.

                What model,.. I'd go with a dock

                Specifically we use these to great success:

                http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817392052

                note: no IDE

                I still have some IDE (PATA) drives of both 2.5 and 3.5"

                I'd just simplify your setup by throwing the IDE drives directly into a fire!

                Oh fine... I guess I should throw away the Floppy drive and 300 1.44MB Floppies I have too.

                Yes.

                I suppose I could... but that means that I would retire about 2TBs worth of disk space.....

                Nothing of value would be lost lol

                Drives are cheap - the data isn't..

                Transfer it off first ya dingus 😛 😄

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                • thwrT
                  thwr
                  last edited by thwr

                  Got a dual-slot (IB-120CL-U3) one on my desk, better than most cheap "cables"/adapters: http://raidsonic.de/products/external_cases/hdd_ssd_docking/index_en.php

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                  • gjacobseG
                    gjacobse @MattSpeller
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                    @MattSpeller said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                    @gjacobse said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                    @MattSpeller said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                    @gjacobse said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                    @MattSpeller said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                    @gjacobse said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                    @MattSpeller said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                    @gjacobse said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                    @MattSpeller said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                    @gjacobse said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                    @MattSpeller said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                    @gjacobse I like the proper docks better but hell yes - we have.... a half dozen?! of them in the office. Useful. Very useful.

                    What model,.. I'd go with a dock

                    Specifically we use these to great success:

                    http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817392052

                    note: no IDE

                    I still have some IDE (PATA) drives of both 2.5 and 3.5"

                    I'd just simplify your setup by throwing the IDE drives directly into a fire!

                    Oh fine... I guess I should throw away the Floppy drive and 300 1.44MB Floppies I have too.

                    Yes.

                    I suppose I could... but that means that I would retire about 2TBs worth of disk space.....

                    Nothing of value would be lost lol

                    Drives are cheap - the data isn't..

                    Transfer it off first ya dingus 😛 😄

                    LOL... No joke 'dingus' - but I have to replace my bad cable first

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                    • Mike DavisM
                      Mike Davis
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                      I have no need for IDE anymore. On my bench I have The StarTech USB 3.0 to 2.5/3.5in SATA Hard Drive Duplicator Docking Station - HDD / SSD

                      https://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-3-5in-Duplicator-Docking-Station/dp/B00G6TG5YE/

                      It's great for pulling a drive out of a machine that may or may not boot to try to copy stuff off. I also use it a lot to copy HDD to SSD, or just cloning drives without having to use any software.

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                      • thwrT
                        thwr @Mike Davis
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                        @Mike-Davis said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                        I have no need for IDE anymore. On my bench I have The StarTech USB 3.0 to 2.5/3.5in SATA Hard Drive Duplicator Docking Station - HDD / SSD

                        https://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-3-5in-Duplicator-Docking-Station/dp/B00G6TG5YE/

                        It's great for pulling a drive out of a machine that may or may not boot to try to copy stuff off. I also use it a lot to copy HDD to SSD, or just cloning drives without having to use any software.

                        Looks like an OEM'd version of the RaidSonic stuff. Or the other way around. Is the casing made from aluminum or plastic (RaidSonic is aluminium)?

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                        • Mike DavisM
                          Mike Davis @thwr
                          last edited by

                          @thwr said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                          Is the casing made from aluminum or plastic (RaidSonic is aluminium)?

                          It's aluminum.

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                          • gjacobseG
                            gjacobse @Mike Davis
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                            @Mike-Davis said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                            I have no need for IDE anymore. On my bench I have The StarTech USB 3.0 to 2.5/3.5in SATA Hard Drive Duplicator Docking Station - HDD / SSD

                            https://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-3-5in-Duplicator-Docking-Station/dp/B00G6TG5YE/

                            It's great for pulling a drive out of a machine that may or may not boot to try to copy stuff off. I also use it a lot to copy HDD to SSD, or just cloning drives without having to use any software.

                            if you have two drives in, can you access them both? I don't need to do any disk duplications... just data copy - like backups

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                            • RojoLocoR
                              RojoLoco @gjacobse
                              last edited by

                              @gjacobse said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                              @Mike-Davis said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                              I have no need for IDE anymore. On my bench I have The StarTech USB 3.0 to 2.5/3.5in SATA Hard Drive Duplicator Docking Station - HDD / SSD

                              https://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-3-5in-Duplicator-Docking-Station/dp/B00G6TG5YE/

                              It's great for pulling a drive out of a machine that may or may not boot to try to copy stuff off. I also use it a lot to copy HDD to SSD, or just cloning drives without having to use any software.

                              if you have two drives in, can you access them both? I don't need to do any disk duplications... just data copy - like backups

                              All the docks I have used will allow access to both drives simultaneously, it will just assign drive letters as needed.

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                              • gjacobseG
                                gjacobse
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                                Retired a few drives.

                                0_1482509271825_IMG_1254.JPG

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                                • coliverC
                                  coliver @gjacobse
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                                  @gjacobse said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                                  Retired a few drives.

                                  0_1482509271825_IMG_1254.JPG

                                  The platter magnets work really well for keeping stuff on the fridge.

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                                  • gjacobseG
                                    gjacobse @coliver
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                                    @coliver Yup, they do that indeed. Or keeping track of screws from other parted devices in repair.

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                                    • DashrenderD
                                      Dashrender @gjacobse
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                                      @gjacobse said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                                      Retired a few drives.

                                      0_1482509271825_IMG_1254.JPG

                                      What, no bullet holes?

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                                      • gjacobseG
                                        gjacobse @Dashrender
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                                        @Dashrender said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                                        @gjacobse said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                                        Retired a few drives.

                                        0_1482509271825_IMG_1254.JPG

                                        What, no bullet holes?

                                        Ha - No,.. but looking at mixing up some thermite after I check on local codes.

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                                        • DashrenderD
                                          Dashrender @gjacobse
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                                          @gjacobse said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                                          @Dashrender said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                                          @gjacobse said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                                          Retired a few drives.

                                          0_1482509271825_IMG_1254.JPG

                                          What, no bullet holes?

                                          Ha - No,.. but looking at mixing up some thermite after I check on local codes.

                                          That'll do pig... that'll do. 😛

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                                          • gjacobseG
                                            gjacobse
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                                            Looking at this as a replacement.

                                            https://www.amazon.com/Sabrent-External-Lay-Flat-Docking-EC-DFLT/dp/B00LS5NFQ2/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1483744282&sr=8-3&keywords=sata+drive+dock&refinements=p_72%3A2661618011

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