Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/08/01

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Subject: [Leica] Seagate - again
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2009 13:40:04 -0500
References: <200908011538.BUC28601@rg5.comporium.net> <E0D583C2-1D6D-4D8C-9FBB-3635DA11D6F7@btinternet.com>

Frank,

I bought something similar on Brian's recommendation, and use it to archive 
to some bare hard drives. It works out fine for me.  My normal backup is to 
a WD enclosed HD that stays disconnected and powered down except when the 
backup is being done.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Frank Dernie" <Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Saturday, August 01, 2009 1:35 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Seagate - again


>I bought a gadget which is to all intents and purposes a hard drive 
>connector on one end of a cable, a USB connector on the other and a  power 
>supply, I found it easy to remove my hard drive from its case,  plugged 
>everything and there was my data. Not a permanent installation  but great 
>for this sort of situation, though repairing the USB socket  in the 
>existing case is another option.
> I used to use this connector for backups to bare hard drives, but it  was 
> a bit clunky so it is for emergency use only now.
> Google should find one near you.
> good luck,
> Frank
>
> On 1 Aug, 2009, at 16:38, Tina Manley wrote:
>
>> LUG:
>>
>> The problem with my Seagate external hard drive is definitely the  USB 
>> connection.  The connection has come loose and fallen back into  the 
>> case.  The data should be fine, I just can't get to it.  Do I  dare try 
>> to open the case and take out the drive?  I know if I send  it in for 
>> data retrieval the estimate will be about $1900.  The 1T  drives are 
>> selling for $89 now and I've just ordered 4 to put in a  Drobo so I won't 
>> miss this one if it doesn't work.  It is still  under warranty and I'm 
>> sure I void the warranty by opening the case,  but I'd rather have the 
>> data if it's possible to take out the drive  and hook it up some other 
>> way.
>>
>> This drive is full of nothing but Leica photos ;-) so it's on  topic. 
>> Has anybody ever opened a drive like this successfully?  I  found a 
>> U-Tube video showing how to do it.
>>
>> Tina
>>
>> Tina Manley
>> www.tinamanley.com
>>
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Replies: Reply from digiratidoc at gmail.com (James Laird) ([Leica] Seagate - again)
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