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| Thread ID: 61035 | 2005-08-22 12:00:00 | External SATA Drive Case --> USB/Firewire | ninja (1671) | Press F1 |
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| 383041 | 2005-08-22 12:00:00 | I have a large SATA drive that I no longer have a machine for. Am wanting to chuck it in an external case w/ USB2/Firewire so I can use it on my Mac and Laptop etc. Have checked all the major places in NZ and no one seems to have em around. Anyone know of a place (will accept dodgy small vendors) that I can pick one up from? Decided to post in this side as it wasn't really a support issue and there just aren't enough categories here otherwise. |
ninja (1671) | ||
| 383042 | 2005-08-22 12:39:00 | Dodgy small suppliers you can pick up from eh!?? I guess that cuts Met's out of the loop then....... you're, absolutely positively, sure you wont accept delivery?? Hang on a min or two while I search Tricky Dicky's and Farmers and The Warehouse for you. If I can't find both, what do you have a preference for, freakin rip-off or cruddy? |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 383043 | 2005-08-22 12:54:00 | You didn't say what size. You did say large, but was that inches or Jigs. Anyway, here's a choice: Tricky Dicky's 5.25" wopper.. :eek: (www.dse.co.nz) Tricky Dicky's 3.5" super quick super slick super.. :dogeye: (www.dse.co.nz) Tricky Dicky's 2.5" weenie :blush: (www.dse.co.nz) HTH |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 383044 | 2005-08-22 13:03:00 | You didn't say what size . You did say large, but was that inches or Jigs . Anyway, here's a choice: Tricky Dicky's 5 . 25" wopper . . :eek: ( . dse . co . nz/cgi-bin/dse . storefront/4309ba9e0551fe04273fc0a87f990693/Product/View/XH6734" target="_blank">www . dse . co . nz) Tricky Dicky's 3 . 5" super quick super slick super . . :dogeye: ( . dse . co . nz/cgi-bin/dse . storefront/4309ba9e0551fe04273fc0a87f990693/Product/View/XH6818" target="_blank">www . dse . co . nz) Tricky Dicky's 2 . 5" weenie :blush: ( . dse . co . nz/cgi-bin/dse . storefront/4309ba9e0551fe04273fc0a87f990693/Product/View/XH6768" target="_blank">www . dse . co . nz) HTH its late and i might have missed something but . . . . . the request was for SATA and i dont think any of the DSE jobies will do SATA . |
robsonde (120) | ||
| 383045 | 2005-08-22 13:09:00 | its late and i might have missed something but . . . . . the request was for SATA and i dont think any of the DSE jobies will do SATA . Hey! THIS IS URGENT, can we have a category for PEDANTS . :stare: :stare: :annoyed: Ta ra, I'm off to find an adapter |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 383046 | 2005-08-22 19:15:00 | Hi ninja There was a thread on this topic recently, which you can find here (pressf1.pcworld.co.nz). The drive enclosure given at the end doesn't have Firewire though. I've moved your thread to the PressF1 forum as this is a technical request. |
Jen (38) | ||
| 383047 | 2005-08-22 21:31:00 | There was a thread on this topic recently, which you can find here (pressf1.pcworld.co.nz). The drive enclosure given at the end doesn't have Firewire though.Sweet, one of those'll do nicely. | ninja (1671) | ||
| 383048 | 2005-08-22 21:40:00 | I have a large SATA drive that I no longer have a machine for. Am wanting to chuck it in an external case w/ USB2/Firewire so I can use it on my Mac and Laptop etc.Scuse my ignorance... but can documents and other files created in Windows be read on a Mac system (and vica versa)? | Greg (193) | ||
| 383049 | 2005-08-22 22:27:00 | Both can read a hardrive formatted in plain old fat, though Windows loves to throw a spanner in the works with its size limitations. Otherwise there is a program that enables a PC to read a drive formatted on a Mac, its called Macdrive of all things..... |
Metla (12) | ||
| 383050 | 2005-08-23 09:59:00 | the only real problem with macs to pcs (external drives, usb pendrives with FAT32) is that people on macs are allowed to use characters such as / (usually in files with names such as: my file 23/6/2000). Also watch out for leading and trailing spaces. The mac may also create files name .DS_Store and ._somefilename (accompanied by the real file somefilename). You should only see them on Windows if you are showing hidden files/folders - but it confuses some people. Oh and even Mac OS X (and apps) doesn't always use file extensions so you can end up with files that Windows won't know what they are. |
gibler (49) | ||
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