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    • gjacobse
      gjacobse last edited by

      Appears mine Portable USB hard drive adapter has died,.. it happens with use and age I suppose. So I am looking for a replacement that has good reviews and function.

      As I look through NewEGG, Amazon and such - Does anyone happen to have one they like?

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      • gjacobse
        gjacobse last edited by gjacobse

        This looks like it covers everything:

        https://www.amazon.com/Inateck-Converter-Adapter-Optical-UA2001/dp/B00MLYV5XY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1482255144&sr=8-1&keywords=portable+hard+drive+adapter&refinements=p_72%3A2661618011

        1_1_32_1.jpg


        Compact design, versatile functions, enables access to three drives simultaneously; All-new, improved upgrade solution; additional power switch, blue LED for indication of operation and power status

        The converter can support up to three drives simultaneously, it is compatible with 2.5"/3.5" IDE/SATA hard drives and 5.25" IDE/SATA CD/DVD drives.

        Compatible Systems: Windows XP/Vista/7/ 8/10 (32bit and 64bit); Mac OS 10.X (OTB mode isn't applicable for W8 and Mac)

        SuperSpeed USB 3.0 supports transfer rates of up to 5Gbps - The actual transmission speed is limited by the setting of the device connected;

        Downwards compatible with USB 1.1/2.0.

        Simple, reliable and stable; Plug and play, hot swap; One Touch Backup function; On/Off Switch for HDD protection


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        • MattSpeller
          MattSpeller @gjacobse last edited by

          @gjacobse I like the proper docks better but hell yes - we have.... a half dozen?! of them in the office. Useful. Very useful.

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          • RojoLoco
            RojoLoco last edited by

            Do you mean a USB dock or an actual enclosure?

            I have a Thermaltake dock at home (not sure if mine has hot swap, had it for a while), works great. At work, I have a SIIG dock, which works fine, but after just a year, the fans are crazy loud (must get replacements soon)

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            • MattSpeller
              MattSpeller last edited by

              https://www.amazon.ca/Sabrent-External-Docking-Station-DS-UBLK/dp/B00IKAQ538

              That kinda thing, maybe not that brand / exact one

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              • gjacobse
                gjacobse @MattSpeller last edited by

                @MattSpeller said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                @gjacobse I like the proper docks better but hell yes - we have.... a half dozen?! of them in the office. Useful. Very useful.

                What model,.. I'd go with a dock

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                • MattSpeller
                  MattSpeller @gjacobse last edited by MattSpeller

                  @gjacobse said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                  @MattSpeller said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                  @gjacobse I like the proper docks better but hell yes - we have.... a half dozen?! of them in the office. Useful. Very useful.

                  What model,.. I'd go with a dock

                  Specifically we use these to great success:

                  http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817392052

                  note: no IDE

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                  • gjacobse
                    gjacobse last edited by

                    This is basically what I have to replace:

                    USB3SSATAIDE.main.jpg

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                    • gjacobse
                      gjacobse @MattSpeller last edited by

                      @MattSpeller said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                      @gjacobse said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                      @MattSpeller said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                      @gjacobse I like the proper docks better but hell yes - we have.... a half dozen?! of them in the office. Useful. Very useful.

                      What model,.. I'd go with a dock

                      Specifically we use these to great success:

                      http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817392052

                      note: no IDE

                      I still have some IDE (PATA) drives of both 2.5 and 3.5"

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                      • MattSpeller
                        MattSpeller @gjacobse last edited by

                        @gjacobse said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                        @MattSpeller said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                        @gjacobse said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                        @MattSpeller said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                        @gjacobse I like the proper docks better but hell yes - we have.... a half dozen?! of them in the office. Useful. Very useful.

                        What model,.. I'd go with a dock

                        Specifically we use these to great success:

                        http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817392052

                        note: no IDE

                        I still have some IDE (PATA) drives of both 2.5 and 3.5"

                        I'd just simplify your setup by throwing the IDE drives directly into a fire!

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                        • dafyre
                          dafyre last edited by

                          Stay away from the Rosewill stuff. I had 3 of their USB -> IDE/SATA units, they worked well enough, but the build quality was terrible.

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                          • gjacobse
                            gjacobse @MattSpeller last edited by

                            @MattSpeller said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                            @gjacobse said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                            @MattSpeller said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                            @gjacobse said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                            @MattSpeller said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                            @gjacobse I like the proper docks better but hell yes - we have.... a half dozen?! of them in the office. Useful. Very useful.

                            What model,.. I'd go with a dock

                            Specifically we use these to great success:

                            http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817392052

                            note: no IDE

                            I still have some IDE (PATA) drives of both 2.5 and 3.5"

                            I'd just simplify your setup by throwing the IDE drives directly into a fire!

                            Oh fine... I guess I should throw away the Floppy drive and 300 1.44MB Floppies I have too.

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                            • MattSpeller
                              MattSpeller @gjacobse last edited by

                              @gjacobse said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                              @MattSpeller said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                              @gjacobse said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                              @MattSpeller said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                              @gjacobse said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                              @MattSpeller said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                              @gjacobse I like the proper docks better but hell yes - we have.... a half dozen?! of them in the office. Useful. Very useful.

                              What model,.. I'd go with a dock

                              Specifically we use these to great success:

                              http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817392052

                              note: no IDE

                              I still have some IDE (PATA) drives of both 2.5 and 3.5"

                              I'd just simplify your setup by throwing the IDE drives directly into a fire!

                              Oh fine... I guess I should throw away the Floppy drive and 300 1.44MB Floppies I have too.

                              Yes.

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                              • gjacobse
                                gjacobse @MattSpeller last edited by

                                @MattSpeller said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                                @gjacobse said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                                @MattSpeller said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                                @gjacobse said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                                @MattSpeller said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                                @gjacobse said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                                @MattSpeller said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                                @gjacobse I like the proper docks better but hell yes - we have.... a half dozen?! of them in the office. Useful. Very useful.

                                What model,.. I'd go with a dock

                                Specifically we use these to great success:

                                http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817392052

                                note: no IDE

                                I still have some IDE (PATA) drives of both 2.5 and 3.5"

                                I'd just simplify your setup by throwing the IDE drives directly into a fire!

                                Oh fine... I guess I should throw away the Floppy drive and 300 1.44MB Floppies I have too.

                                Yes.

                                I suppose I could... but that means that I would retire about 2TBs worth of disk space.....

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                                • MattSpeller
                                  MattSpeller @gjacobse last edited by

                                  @gjacobse said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                                  @MattSpeller said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                                  @gjacobse said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                                  @MattSpeller said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                                  @gjacobse said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                                  @MattSpeller said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                                  @gjacobse said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                                  @MattSpeller said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                                  @gjacobse I like the proper docks better but hell yes - we have.... a half dozen?! of them in the office. Useful. Very useful.

                                  What model,.. I'd go with a dock

                                  Specifically we use these to great success:

                                  http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817392052

                                  note: no IDE

                                  I still have some IDE (PATA) drives of both 2.5 and 3.5"

                                  I'd just simplify your setup by throwing the IDE drives directly into a fire!

                                  Oh fine... I guess I should throw away the Floppy drive and 300 1.44MB Floppies I have too.

                                  Yes.

                                  I suppose I could... but that means that I would retire about 2TBs worth of disk space.....

                                  Nothing of value would be lost lol

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                                  • gjacobse
                                    gjacobse @MattSpeller last edited by

                                    @MattSpeller said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                                    @gjacobse said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                                    @MattSpeller said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                                    @gjacobse said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                                    @MattSpeller said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                                    @gjacobse said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                                    @MattSpeller said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                                    @gjacobse said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                                    @MattSpeller said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                                    @gjacobse I like the proper docks better but hell yes - we have.... a half dozen?! of them in the office. Useful. Very useful.

                                    What model,.. I'd go with a dock

                                    Specifically we use these to great success:

                                    http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817392052

                                    note: no IDE

                                    I still have some IDE (PATA) drives of both 2.5 and 3.5"

                                    I'd just simplify your setup by throwing the IDE drives directly into a fire!

                                    Oh fine... I guess I should throw away the Floppy drive and 300 1.44MB Floppies I have too.

                                    Yes.

                                    I suppose I could... but that means that I would retire about 2TBs worth of disk space.....

                                    Nothing of value would be lost lol

                                    Drives are cheap - the data isn't..

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                                    • gjacobse
                                      gjacobse @dafyre last edited by

                                      @dafyre said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                                      Stay away from the Rosewill stuff. I had 3 of their USB -> IDE/SATA units, they worked well enough, but the build quality was terrible.

                                      Thanks for the tip -

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                                      • MattSpeller
                                        MattSpeller @gjacobse last edited by

                                        @gjacobse said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                                        @MattSpeller said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                                        @gjacobse said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                                        @MattSpeller said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                                        @gjacobse said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                                        @MattSpeller said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                                        @gjacobse said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                                        @MattSpeller said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                                        @gjacobse said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                                        @MattSpeller said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                                        @gjacobse I like the proper docks better but hell yes - we have.... a half dozen?! of them in the office. Useful. Very useful.

                                        What model,.. I'd go with a dock

                                        Specifically we use these to great success:

                                        http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817392052

                                        note: no IDE

                                        I still have some IDE (PATA) drives of both 2.5 and 3.5"

                                        I'd just simplify your setup by throwing the IDE drives directly into a fire!

                                        Oh fine... I guess I should throw away the Floppy drive and 300 1.44MB Floppies I have too.

                                        Yes.

                                        I suppose I could... but that means that I would retire about 2TBs worth of disk space.....

                                        Nothing of value would be lost lol

                                        Drives are cheap - the data isn't..

                                        Transfer it off first ya dingus 😛 😄

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                                        • thwr
                                          thwr last edited by thwr

                                          Got a dual-slot (IB-120CL-U3) one on my desk, better than most cheap "cables"/adapters: http://raidsonic.de/products/external_cases/hdd_ssd_docking/index_en.php

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                                          • gjacobse
                                            gjacobse @MattSpeller last edited by

                                            @MattSpeller said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                                            @gjacobse said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                                            @MattSpeller said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                                            @gjacobse said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                                            @MattSpeller said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                                            @gjacobse said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                                            @MattSpeller said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                                            @gjacobse said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                                            @MattSpeller said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                                            @gjacobse said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                                            @MattSpeller said in Replacement External Hard drive Adapter:

                                            @gjacobse I like the proper docks better but hell yes - we have.... a half dozen?! of them in the office. Useful. Very useful.

                                            What model,.. I'd go with a dock

                                            Specifically we use these to great success:

                                            http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817392052

                                            note: no IDE

                                            I still have some IDE (PATA) drives of both 2.5 and 3.5"

                                            I'd just simplify your setup by throwing the IDE drives directly into a fire!

                                            Oh fine... I guess I should throw away the Floppy drive and 300 1.44MB Floppies I have too.

                                            Yes.

                                            I suppose I could... but that means that I would retire about 2TBs worth of disk space.....

                                            Nothing of value would be lost lol

                                            Drives are cheap - the data isn't..

                                            Transfer it off first ya dingus 😛 😄

                                            LOL... No joke 'dingus' - but I have to replace my bad cable first

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