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Why use USB? That's stupid.
– Mircea Chirea
Commented Dec 28, 2010 at 11:29
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@iconiK: Why is it stupid? USB is a valid way to connect the drive to a desktop PC. Maybe it's not the way you would do it, but it's not stupid. Also, calling someone's answer stupid is not the way to ingratiate yourself to the members here.
– joeqwerty
Commented Dec 28, 2010 at 12:43
@joeqwerty: thx a lot, iconiK it's right for the performance loss, but I've advised it to avoid any hw failure, the answer of SwenW seems anyway the good one :-)
– tmow
Commented Dec 28, 2010 at 12:55
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@joeqwerty, it's stupid as you lose a lot of the transfer speed the drive can do for no good reason; even with USB 3 there is 10% or more loss. USB is stupid for a hard-drive, especially when there's a perfectly good SATA port available.
– Mircea Chirea
Commented Dec 28, 2010 at 13:30
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@Lawliet, how is it safer? SATA is standardized, including the data and power connectors, there is no danger involved even with 1.8" drives in a desktop (though the connectors are slimmer on these and you need an adapter).
– Mircea Chirea
Commented Dec 28, 2010 at 13:31

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