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

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      @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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            @MattSpeller said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

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            @MattSpeller said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

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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 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:

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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:

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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 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
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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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                      • 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
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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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                          • 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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