Replacement External Hard drive Adapter
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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.
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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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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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@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
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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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@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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@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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@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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@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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Retired a few drives.
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@gjacobse said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:
Retired a few drives.
The platter magnets work really well for keeping stuff on the fridge.
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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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@gjacobse said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:
Retired a few drives.
What, no bullet holes?
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@Dashrender said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:
@gjacobse said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:
Retired a few drives.
What, no bullet holes?
Ha - No,.. but looking at mixing up some thermite after I check on local codes.
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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.
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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