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LondonLive
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I found myself in a dilemma the other day when I needed some files off from a sick puter of mine and I really didn't want to install it's hard drive permanently into my current puter. I ran across this critter. I picked one up and It works great, Supports All 2.5” & 3.5” SATA HDDs up to 1.5TB, and is hot swappable. I thought it might be of some interest to some of you as I know a lot of you carry external hard drives.
http://www.thermaltakeusa.com/Product.a ... =1642#Tab0
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Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 7:19 am |
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LondonLive @ Mon Jan 26, 2009 9:59 am wrote: I found myself in a dilemma the other day when I needed some files off from a sick puter of mine and I really didn't want to install it's hard drive permanently into my current puter. I ran across this critter. I picked one up and It works great, Supports All 2.5” & 3.5” SATA HDDs up to 1.5TB, and is hot swappable. I thought it might be of some interest to some of you as I know a lot of you carry external hard drives. http://www.thermaltakeusa.com/Product.a ... =1642#Tab0Nice clean looking thing.
I use a something nowhere near as clean, but pretty efficacious and a darned sight cheaper:
http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid ... 25&cpc=SCH
That covers SATA drives, and for IDE:
http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid ... 02&cpc=SCH
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Lone Wolf
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Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 7:59 am |
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Hey Mcky do you have and use the IDE adapter?
Just wondering if you could use that to run an internal CD Rom drive externally on a laptop to play cdg's instead of a regular disc player?
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Gryf
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Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 8:32 am |
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$59 for a hot swap, eSATA USB interface? Nice find. Would work well for populating those external drives but the exposure sure isn't something I am going to want to carry with me. Perfect to sync a mobile storage unit with the master backup though.
Intriguing 
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mckyj57
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Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 9:06 am |
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Lone Wolf @ Mon Jan 26, 2009 10:59 am wrote: Hey Mcky do you have and use the IDE adapter?
Just wondering if you could use that to run an internal CD Rom drive externally on a laptop to play cdg's instead of a regular disc player?
L.W.
I have one like it -- can't guarantee it is the same one with the way those things go.
I don't understand what you are getting at. Why would you not use the drive in the laptop itself? But the answer is, yes, they work in general. I have hooked up DVD writers with them, though they typically will not boot a system.
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Lone Wolf
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mckyj57 @ Mon Jan 26, 2009 11:06 am wrote: Lone Wolf @ Mon Jan 26, 2009 10:59 am wrote: Hey Mcky do you have and use the IDE adapter?
Just wondering if you could use that to run an internal CD Rom drive externally on a laptop to play cdg's instead of a regular disc player?
L.W. I have one like it -- can't guarantee it is the same one with the way those things go. I don't understand what you are getting at. Why would you not use the drive in the laptop itself? But the answer is, yes, they work in general. I have hooked up DVD writers with them, though they typically will not boot a system. The drive I have in my laptop will not play cdg's but I do have a couple of internal DVD drives that I have scrapped out of junk computers.
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mckyj57
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Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 12:40 pm |
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Lone Wolf @ Tue Jan 27, 2009 11:24 am wrote: mckyj57 @ Mon Jan 26, 2009 11:06 am wrote: Lone Wolf @ Mon Jan 26, 2009 10:59 am wrote: Hey Mcky do you have and use the IDE adapter?
Just wondering if you could use that to run an internal CD Rom drive externally on a laptop to play cdg's instead of a regular disc player?
L.W. I have one like it -- can't guarantee it is the same one with the way those things go. I don't understand what you are getting at. Why would you not use the drive in the laptop itself? But the answer is, yes, they work in general. I have hooked up DVD writers with them, though they typically will not boot a system. The drive I have in my laptop will not play cdg's but I do have a couple of internal DVD drives that I have scrapped out of junk computers. I use one with a Lightscribe drive that I use for labeling my disks I burn to take to shows. It also burns disks. Should be no trouble, I would think.
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