[X4U] FireWire enclosure for SATA drive (Was: Migrate without Firewire link.)

[Zane H. Healy]

I've theorized these used in combination as a backup device.  Hook it 
up long enough to backup your hard drive, and then carefully put the 
drive back into its packaging.  Obviously it would work best if 
you're familiar with ESD protection, but then I've one computer that 
doesn't even have a case and I jumpstart with a screwdriver.

A word of warning however, not all of these will work as well as you 
might like.  I bought one for just IDE drives (it doesn't include 
SATA support) at Fry's a few months ago, it doesn't like most of my 
drives (I think it's the Western Digital drives it has issues with). 
However, the power supply works great for running one of the drives 
in my Wiebetech enclosure (which has a dead powersupply, thanks, no 
doubt, to the wonders of Chinese manufacturing).

Zane



At 3:36 PM +0000 2/2/07, Stroller wrote:
>I have one of these, too!
>
>It has become quite my best friend the last week or two (although 
>this is obviously because I spend quite a bit of time backing up 
>data from customers' drives).
>
>When I first saw these advertised they were twice the price but now 
>- thanks, no doubt, to the wonders of Chinese manufacturing - they 
>seem to be packaged by many different "brands" and mine was packaged 
>in a plain brown box, rather than that NewerTech one shown.
>
>UK prices are never as reasonable as US ones, but I found this acceptable:
><https://www.techfocus.co.uk/USB-Adapters-Dongles/TFA12.htm>
>
>Stroller.
>
>
>
>On 2 Feb 2007, at 01:52, Eddie Hargreaves wrote:
>
>>I have a USB 2.0 Universal Drive Adapter from NewerTech. It was incredibly
>>useful (and quite necessary) when I replaced my iMac's internal HD. But this
>>is designed to be used as a temporary solution. There is no enclosure to
>>protect the bare drive from electrostatic discharge, etc.
>>
>>http://newertech.com/products/usb2_adapt.php
>
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