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| 1175867 | 2011-02-07 03:35:00 | I have an IDE enclosure to use on internal HD's. I want to use my new PC HD (Sata) and connect it to the lappie as either via the enclosure or via USB. Any suggestions please? sarel |
sarel (2490) | ||
| 1175868 | 2011-02-07 04:06:00 | Have a close look at the enclosure. I have a cheapie IDE (sold & labelled as such) one that I spotted sata headers on the PCB. Plugged in a sata drive and away it went ... :) |
fred_fish (15241) | ||
| 1175869 | 2011-02-07 06:26:00 | You can't use your IDE enclosure to connect to your SATA drive (unless you have a unit the same as fred_fish :)), you could use something like this (I have one, very useful for drive testing, and temporary hookups) www.ascent.co.nz (one small gotcha with these units is that when used with a 2.5" IDE drive you'll need a powered USB hub to power the drive through the unit). Edit: Noticed in the specs that it has a capacity limit of 750GB. |
feersumendjinn (64) | ||
| 1175870 | 2011-02-07 06:29:00 | I use one of those and have found its best to plug into a rear USB port | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1175871 | 2011-02-07 07:46:00 | Thanks guys -the last one looks just the one I need - now t get the frickin money sarel |
sarel (2490) | ||
| 1175872 | 2011-02-08 04:12:00 | I have one of these (www.ascent.co.nz) as recommended here a few years back. Brilliant :D Just noticed it does have a drive capacity limit less than the one suggested above - but it is self powered |
Myth (110) | ||
| 1175873 | 2011-02-08 09:11:00 | I have one of these (www.ascent.co.nz) as recommended here a few years back. Brilliant :D Just noticed it does have a drive capacity limit less than the one suggested above - but it is self powered As is mine, The included external power adapter will allow you to power your drives outside your system the reason I mentioned the IDE laptop drive is that is the only way to supply the drive with enough power (500mA from the PC USB port is usually insufficient). |
feersumendjinn (64) | ||
| 1175874 | 2011-03-23 06:40:00 | Right, I got one of those kits (USB 2.0 to IDE cable) off Ascent - the one Myth suggested. I've connected everything, the HD spins up, but I do not see the HD on My Computer? It is powered thru it's own cable, and I am pretty sure the connections are OK (It did spin up). 500 GB Internal WD. Win 7 sarel |
sarel (2490) | ||
| 1175875 | 2011-03-23 06:51:00 | Is it formatted? Does it appear in Control panel, Disk management? |
Snorkbox (15764) | ||
| 1175876 | 2011-03-23 06:58:00 | Yes, it calls it a USB to ATA/ATAPI bridge. Where do you find Disk Management in Win 7? sarel |
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