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861409 2010-02-24 22:24:00 Hi
i was wondering if anyone is using these adapters , my friend bought a cheap $25 one and it had intermittent problems related to hw detection. i want to mainly use this to explore drives when they fail to bootup. can anyone suggest me a particular one?

much appreciated.
gum digger (6100)
861410 2010-02-24 23:22:00 Don't like the adapters. Enclosures are slightly better. pctek (84)
861411 2010-02-25 01:03:00 Don't like the adapters. Enclosures are slightly better.

i was looking at a all in one solution
gum digger (6100)
861412 2010-02-25 01:11:00 www.ascent.co.nz

I have several of these, they are worth their weight in gold. I wouldn't really recommend using one as a permanent solution, as PC said an enclosure is better, but for short term use they are brilliant.
wratterus (105)
861413 2010-02-25 05:58:00 www.ascent.co.nz

I have several of these, they are worth their weight in gold. I wouldn't really recommend using one as a permanent solution, as PC said an enclosure is better, but for short term use they are brilliant.

X2 What he said
gary67 (56)
861414 2010-02-25 06:22:00 I just need one to recover data from drives or explore a naked drive. gum digger (6100)
861415 2010-02-25 07:21:00 Don't buy the 'cheapies' I did once and I wish I'd
paid the extra........corrupted data,
some times it doesn't get recognized at all.
Get the one wratterus suggests,
it works.
KarameaDave (15222)
861416 2010-02-25 07:39:00 the only thing that digitus one doesn't have which i wish i had was SMART support. not many support SMART. handy to have with dodgy drives. tweak'e (69)
861417 2010-02-25 08:47:00 the only thing that digitus one doesn't have which i wish i had was SMART support. not many support SMART. handy to have with dodgy drives.

are there any with SMART support
gum digger (6100)
861418 2010-02-25 09:47:00 I don't think any USB drives work with SMART, unless they have some specific software...maybe seatools for windows or something like speedfan would be your best bet for looking at SMART info. wratterus (105)
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