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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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                                          • 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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