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Serial ATA (SATA) to USB 2.0 Cable Converter $14 at Acortech.com
Acortech.com has this Serial ATA (SATA) or IDE to USB 2.0 Cable Converter Adapter for $14 + $0 shipping = $14 shipped. Includes Power Cable to make sure your power hungry drive is satiated.
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#1
DogFart - Posted 4:30 pm PST 11/6/06 (489 Posts)
this thing get lost easier than it is to use.
I give it a DogFart rating of 1.5
#2
segaman7631 - Posted 4:32 pm PST 11/6/06 (16 Posts)
Why not just get a sata card instead of an adapter..
#3
jpgolfr - Posted 4:34 pm PST 11/6/06 (14 Posts)
The flexibility and portability of this thing is pretty kewl. When your moving drives and data around this would be great and it supports SATA and IDE.
#4
slacker - Posted 4:35 pm PST 11/6/06 (105 Posts)
why not get a sata card? This makes swapping and checking drives much much easier. I think I may jump on one..
#5
carlfngwinslow - Posted 4:49 pm PST 11/6/06 (22 Posts)
it could also be useful if you dont have any PCI slots available.
#6
noneyet99 - Posted 5:16 pm PST 11/6/06 (157 Posts)
This is a great tool for those of us who are asked to help resolve computer problems.
I used this just last week to take a HD out from a "dead" computer, hook it to my Mac laptop via USB, and pull all the contents over to a "real" external drive.
The CPU is now at a computer shop and SEP (someone else's problem), and I saved the data without putting in tons of hardware troubleshooting time without personal compensation.
$14 well spent. This gadget should go in every computer guy's laptop bag.
I used this just last week to take a HD out from a "dead" computer, hook it to my Mac laptop via USB, and pull all the contents over to a "real" external drive.
The CPU is now at a computer shop and SEP (someone else's problem), and I saved the data without putting in tons of hardware troubleshooting time without personal compensation.
$14 well spent. This gadget should go in every computer guy's laptop bag.
#7
Black76092 - Posted 5:44 pm PST 11/6/06 (20 Posts)
wow this is pretty cool, i didn't even know something like this existed. There are some many times this thing would have been useful. I'm defiantly in for one
#8
pcspecialist - Posted 5:50 pm PST 11/6/06 (178 Posts)
I have not used mine much yet but can say what little use it got, it performed well.
#9
hzm82 - Posted 6:07 pm PST 11/6/06 (42 Posts)
I have something similar to this but for PATA. Good for testing harddrives but not really good for long term use since the drive is just sitting there.
#10
Cwellan - Posted 11:02 pm PST 11/6/06 (83 Posts)
It's basically the guts of an enclosure and #6 has it right on the nose. This is more of a techie tool than a shortcut to an enclosure. and it works WONDERFULLY with http://www.bensbargains.net/redirect/10342
#11
SG - Posted 8:23 am PST 11/8/06 (33 Posts)
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