Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/08/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Tina, This one should work, it does both IDE and SATA interface drives. I think it's the one I have in a box around here. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812156017 I hate USB connectors. IMO they are supremely unreliable. All it takes is a touch during a file transfer and windows says the disc has been removed. I am sure the connectors pass many insertion cycle tests but those test are done by robotics. It has to be for the test to be standardised but the connectors are perfectly aligned and the movement exactly parallel to the contacts so they are test at least an order of magnitude better than insertions by humans. More like two orders of magnitude. I like NAS on gigabit ethernet. The connectors, invented by Bell Labs I believe, are much better design and more reliable and you don't have to unplug so often. Granted with two locations you need to move data back and forth but via the internet is a possiblity. Todays techs don't solder anymore. Now that everthing has solder without lead it's harder due to the higher melting point. (more than you really want to know, sorry) Good luck! -Dennis Tina Manley wrote: > At 02:35 PM 8/1/2009, you wrote: >> 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 > > Thanks, Frank, I'll Google it. I took the hard drive out of the case > but it doesn't mate up to any of the SATA enclosures that I have. > Mine are pretty old. The USB socket had been soldiered in two tiny > places and that's what broke loose. I called the nearest computer > repair place and asked about having it soldiered back on, but the guy > (who called me Honey) said that would ruin the motherboard and my > computer. I explained that it was an external hard drive but he said > he didn't do that kind of work and didn't know anybody who did. :-( > I'll look for the connector. > > Tina > >