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    • gjacobseG
      gjacobse @MattSpeller
      last edited by

      @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"

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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 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!

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        • dafyreD
          dafyre
          last edited by

          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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          • gjacobseG
            gjacobse @MattSpeller
            last edited by

            @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.

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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 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
                last edited by

                @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
                    last edited by

                    @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
                      last edited by

                      @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
                        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 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
                            last edited by

                            @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
                              last edited by

                              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
                                last edited by

                                @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
                                    last edited by

                                    @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
                                          last edited by

                                          @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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