On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 4:42 PM, david <da...@kenpro.com.au> wrote: >> Finally for about $35 you can buy USB adapters for SATA + IDE so you can >> plug one of your new drives into the target computer and bypass the 1.5T >> backup drive. > > Sorry for slightly hijacking the thread.. but my experience of these gadgets > has been universally bad (read: didn't work at all). Have they improved in > the last year or so?
I had one I used at my previous place of employment which we bought from Lindy - and it worked flawlessly - plug into HD, plug in power, plug into USB - bingo, external hard disk. PATA, SATA, even laptop drives - no difference. I used it frequently for quick data recovery jobs (from dead PC's without damage to the disk, for example) and for moving data around. I think the most data I moved using it was somewhere around the 280 gig mark. https://www.lindy.com.au/online/arrshop.exe?anonymous=true&cat=f0 It's a bit more than $35 ($60 plus shipping) but I know from experience they work. Comes with power supply for the drive as well as the USB adapter. N.B. I must admit I only ever used it with WindoZe machines, not Linux boxen. The specifications say it's only compatible with 'Doze and Mac machines. but I see no reason why they wouldn't work with Linux machines as well. DaZZa -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
