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external HDD with SATA & USB interface?
Anyone know of an external HDD that would have (in addition to USB) a SATA (eSATA) port/cable? i.e. Brand/Model. Preferably one of the name brands so I have a better change of finding it here or ...
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Trying to turn an WD Mybook 1TB to slave drive in PC
Yes I realise that most external Hard Drives would not be transitioned into internal sitting Hard Drives, but unfortunately we broke the miniUSB connection that transfers the data from external Hard ...
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PATA to SATA convertor for FW400 enclosure?
I have a decent USB2/FW400 HD enclosure with an old 250GB PATA HD inside. I am using its FW400 interface. I would like to reuse the box with a newer SATA drive but I wonder if the SATA-PATA adapter ...
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SATA External Hard Drive Not Recognized - BIOS, Windows 7, Ubuntu, Snow Leopard (the culprit?)
So I plugged my external hard drive into my mac mini to copy some files over.
D'oh. It's formatted with NTFS.
I go to format as FAT32.
There is some kind of failure in the formatting (I don't ...
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Why would a SATA HDD be the only one unrecognized by a SATA dock?
I have 3 Western Digital Caviar Green hard drives. One 1TB, one 1.5tb, and one 2TB. I have a SATA dock (branded Kingwin ez-dock) and a 3.5" external enclosure from Acomdata.
All 3 drives work ...
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How to measure data transfer speed between my internal SATA HDD and External USB HDD?
How to measure data transfer speed between my internal SATA HDD and External USB HDD?
I purchased new Seegate freego USB HDD but when i copy somthing from internal HDD to USB HDD or viceversa data ...
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Western Digital External 2.5 disk use SATA or PATA?
I would like to know if an external disk I have, which HD Tune tells me is a WD800BEVS from Western Digital is SATA or PATA?
I would like to be sure it is SATA before removing it from the box (and ...
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Is there a storage capacity limit for external hard-drive enclosures?
I'm looking to purchase a 2TB SATA hard-drive, and I want to get an external e-sata enclosure for it. When looking for possible enclosures I have noticed maximum storage limits for them (eg 750G, 1....
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External hard drive
I want to buy an external hard drive enclosure for may laptop and was curious about the power required to use it. I want to be able to use it anywhere.
I want speed when I need it through ESATA and a ...
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Using an ATA-100 Hard Drive with a Thermaltake BlacX External Hard Drive Dock
Is it possible for a Thermaltake BlacX HDD Dock to connect to and recognize an ATA-100 Hard Drive? I know that the specifications for the BlacX say that it only supports SATA & SATAII, but I was ...
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An acceptable USB enclosure for a 2TB SATA Drive
I just got me this 2TB SATA drive.
However, I can't seem to find an acceptable USB enclosure for it. As I browse newegg or amazon, most of the enclosures state a maximum size drive (e.g. 1tb or 750gb)...
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Internal SATA connected to External SATA without an enclosure
Would there be any problem connecting an internal SATA drive using an old PC Power Supply for its power and connecting to an external SATA port on a laptop? Would there be any voltage conflicts?
I ...
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What is the difference between SATA and eSATA?
Is the following correct?
eSATA is the same as SATA, except that the cable plug has a slightly different shape, but as far as the electrical signal goes, it's the exact same thing. In theory, if you ...
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