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    • RojoLocoR
      RojoLoco
      last edited by

      Do you mean a USB dock or an actual enclosure?

      I have a Thermaltake dock at home (not sure if mine has hot swap, had it for a while), works great. At work, I have a SIIG dock, which works fine, but after just a year, the fans are crazy loud (must get replacements soon)

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      • MattSpellerM
        MattSpeller
        last edited by

        https://www.amazon.ca/Sabrent-External-Docking-Station-DS-UBLK/dp/B00IKAQ538

        That kinda thing, maybe not that brand / exact one

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        • gjacobseG
          gjacobse @MattSpeller
          last edited by

          @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

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          • MattSpellerM
            MattSpeller @gjacobse
            last edited by MattSpeller

            @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

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            • gjacobseG
              gjacobse
              last edited by

              This is basically what I have to replace:

              https://sgcdn.startech.com/005329/media/products/gallery_large/USB3SSATAIDE.main.jpg

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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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