Uber gadget

Toby · 19-04-2008, 21:54

Picked up one of these the other week:

Fantastic idea imo. I replaced two 250GB Hitachis with a 1TB Samsung and now use the two Hitachis as backup discs via the dock. The large amounts of space allows me to shovel HD movies off onto the external disks and also run regular backups of large amounts of data, such as picture and music archives and regular images of my main OS partition. When I run out of space I just buy another SATA drive and plug it in!

Feek · 19-04-2008, 22:04

Nice looking

How does it connect to the PC?

Mark · 19-04-2008, 22:18

USB 2.0

You'd best tell LeperousDust where you found it.

Burble · 19-04-2008, 22:19

I've been using them at work for about a year or so - they're fantastic!

Feekles, they have USB and E-Sata connectivity on them.

Toby · 19-04-2008, 22:26

The one I have is USB only, there is a variant with eSATA too but I couldn't find anyone stocking it.

Got it from StorageDepot: http://www.storagedepot.co.uk/Enclos...c884/p640.aspx

Burble · 19-04-2008, 22:29

Thinking about it, I picked up the eSATA ones in Arizona because I couldn't find anywhere in the UK that had stock.

Belmit · 19-04-2008, 22:32

I have the budget version of this; a USB wire with a combined IDE/SATA connector on the other end. Extremely handy at work as you can whip a student's FUBAR'd Windows install disk from their laptop, plug it in, and just copy the important bits off. It comes with a separate power supply for full size discs, with a molar connector and SATA converter. Laptop drives get powered by the USB though. Cost me about ten quid on the 'bay and has saved at least three people's bacon in the last couple of months.

Mark · 19-04-2008, 22:38

Sounds like what I have. Can't remember where I got mine. Scan I think.

Toby · 19-04-2008, 23:24

Hmm, never thought of Scan but they do it and even cheaper too:

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=723367

LeperousDust · 19-04-2008, 23:35

Hahaha

Cheers guys, left all my other hard drives at home now this isn't really needed right now, i ended up doing a lot of swapping back and fourth!
Something like this that support pata and sata would be a godsend for people who a bit of computeringfixing on the side!

19-04-2008, 21:54	#1
Toby Absinthe Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,023	Uber gadget Picked up one of these the other week: Fantastic idea imo. I replaced two 250GB Hitachis with a 1TB Samsung and now use the two Hitachis as backup discs via the dock. The large amounts of space allows me to shovel HD movies off onto the external disks and also run regular backups of large amounts of data, such as picture and music archives and regular images of my main OS partition. When I run out of space I just buy another SATA drive and plug it in! __________________

19-04-2008, 22:04	#2
Feek ex SAS Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: JO01ou Posts: 10,062	Nice looking How does it connect to the PC? __________________

19-04-2008, 22:26	#5
Toby Absinthe Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,023	The one I have is USB only, there is a variant with eSATA too but I couldn't find anyone stocking it. Got it from StorageDepot: http://www.storagedepot.co.uk/Enclos...c884/p640.aspx __________________ Last edited by Toby; 19-04-2008 at 22:28.

19-04-2008, 22:32	#7
Belmit The Mouse King of Denmark Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: The Winchester Posts: 6,476	I have the budget version of this; a USB wire with a combined IDE/SATA connector on the other end. Extremely handy at work as you can whip a student's FUBAR'd Windows install disk from their laptop, plug it in, and just copy the important bits off. It comes with a separate power supply for full size discs, with a molar connector and SATA converter. Laptop drives get powered by the USB though. Cost me about ten quid on the 'bay and has saved at least three people's bacon in the last couple of months. __________________

19-04-2008, 23:24	#9
Toby Absinthe Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,023	Hmm, never thought of Scan but they do it and even cheaper too: http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=723367 __________________

19-04-2008, 22:18	#3
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	USB 2.0 You'd best tell LeperousDust where you found it.

19-04-2008, 22:19	#4
Burble Rocket Fuel Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 7,826	I've been using them at work for about a year or so - they're fantastic! Feekles, they have USB and E-Sata connectivity on them.

19-04-2008, 22:29	#6
Burble Rocket Fuel Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 7,826	Thinking about it, I picked up the eSATA ones in Arizona because I couldn't find anywhere in the UK that had stock.

19-04-2008, 22:38	#8
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	Sounds like what I have. Can't remember where I got mine. Scan I think.

19-04-2008, 23:35	#10
LeperousDust Bananaman Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Liverpool/Edinburgh Posts: 4,817	Hahaha Cheers guys, left all my other hard drives at home now this isn't really needed right now, i ended up doing a lot of swapping back and fourth! Something like this that support pata and sata would be a godsend for people who a bit of computeringfixing on the side! __________________