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These are excellent, Fran. We have a couple of Thermaltake BlacX SATA drive holders.
http://www.thermaltakeusa.com/Products.aspx?C=1346
These are great for taking data off of old system drives and backing up the contents, or using brand new drives as a backup device. The drives are hotswappable from the holders, and show up(mount) as an external hard drive.
John
Note you can also get them for laptop drives as well. These normally do not need a power supply although you may need a twin cable to use 2 USB sockets to give enough power.
I have used this for years and now have 160GB, 120GB, 40GB large drives and a 40GB laptop drive available for use.
I have used this for years and now have 160GB, 120GB, 40GB large drives and a 40GB laptop drive available for use.
Ian_Coleman
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My spare drives can be conected (up to 2 at a time!) by using a set of connectors with a power supply. No case is needed.
I bought the connecting kit on Amazon.
Look for IOMAH USB to SATA/IDE Adapter.
It works like a charm without any fiddly case to open and close!
Ian
I bought the connecting kit on Amazon.
Look for IOMAH USB to SATA/IDE Adapter.
It works like a charm without any fiddly case to open and close!
Ian
ray_whiley
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This was my way of dealing with the complete failure (cracked motherboard) of my old computer.
As well as many fairly important documents, the old hard drive contained all my Trainz content (routes, downloads and custom). By installing it in an enclosure, everything was still available. (I did have other backups, of course.)
Ray
Me too when I upgraded my desktop (for Trainz of course, why else?). I even kept the old Windows installation, and have actually used some of the system files from it.
Mick Berg.
ray_whiley
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I also find that some of the applications/programs on the old drive still work - including TRS2004 provided that I put the CD in - at least, it asks for it! Presumably though it would run more slowly than on an internal HD.
Ray
Ray
Laptop Harddrives
Well, at the end of today, I will have a 500gig external harddrive. Big thanks to Microsoft Win7 crashing on it and leaving it usless. Thank goodness that it is being wiped. The 2 cable thing is right. I got a USB splitter that converts 1 port to 4 ports so I am covered on that.
