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converting a internal hdd to a USB drive

  • 18-04-2006 12:16AM
    #1
    Our man in Havana
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    I has a samsung 120GB internal HDD and I want to covert it to an external usb drive. What sort of converter do i need and any suggestions as to which model would be appreciated?

    Thanks
    007


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  • #2
    Makaveli
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,503 ✭✭✭Makaveli


    Any 3.5" external caddy will do.

    http://komplett.ie/k/kl.asp?bn=10095


  • #3
    aidan_walsh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,208 ✭✭✭✭aidan_walsh


    Makaveli wrote:
    Any 3.5" external caddy will do.

    http://komplett.ie/k/kl.asp?bn=10095
    Provided you remember to buy an ATA one, and not an IDE one, of course.


  • #4
    pdogs
    Closed Accounts Posts: 78 ✭✭pdogs


    You can get simple USB to IDE (or USB to SATA if that's what you want) cables with the drive unenclosed or else ones attached to an enclosure for the drive. Many enclosures are sold with a drive inside (such as at Marx Computers http://www.marxcomputers.ie/cgi-bin/store/commerce.cgi?product=HD_IDE&cart_id=) but simple enclosures can be bought to use with an existing drive such as at http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817145657.

    If your box doesnt have USB2 support then grab a pci USB 2 expansion card or the data transfers will drive you nuts. Some USB enclosure controllers are limited to 48bit LBA and would be limited to drives of 127GB. Worth checking for the future - though most modern hardware would support very large drives.


  • #5
    Inspector Gadget
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,393 ✭✭✭Inspector Gadget


    aidan_walsh wrote:
    Provided you remember to buy an ATA one, and not an IDE one, of course.

    Eh?

    Gadget


  • #6
    nobodythere
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,349 ✭✭✭nobodythere


    I second that eh.

    Yeah you can pick up one fairly cheap, < €50. Mine does firewire and usb, and take the advice that you need usb 2 because it WILL kill you otherwise.


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  • #7
    aidan_walsh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,208 ✭✭✭✭aidan_walsh


    The Amazon link lists the HDD as having an ATA connection interface. Therefore, an IDE interface in the inside of the external casing wouldn't be much use, would it?


  • #8
    andy1249
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,439 ✭✭✭andy1249


    Aiden , sorry man but you are getting the wrong end of the stick here , All internal drives conform to some kind of ATA interface , you are mixing this up with SATA which is a different animal , check the link again , the ATA mentioned here refers to the internal bus standard such as ATA 100 or ATA 133 .
    It does not refer to SATA which is a serial interface as opposed to a parallel interface for connection of the actual drive.


  • #9
    pdogs
    Closed Accounts Posts: 78 ✭✭pdogs


    IDE/ATA is the same interface

    http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/if/ide/index.htm

    SATA is just a different version of the same interface

    http://www.answers.com/topic/serial-ata

    It's confusing because in the history of its development the various manufacturers wanted it to appear that their latest and greatest as somehow basically different, when usually they had just "tweaked" a bit of extra communication speed.


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