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From: spamlet on 29 May 2010 09:30 I've been following the thread on hard drive updates as I need to replace drives on both a laptop - Inspiron 2600 (eide) - and a desktop pc (sata) The usb-sata etc adaptor seems a very useful device, but after 'googling' for them here in the UK I am a bit unsure what to buy. There are many different ones on offer and a wide range of prices. Also there are warnings from some users about some of them containing faulty chips that can corrupt data. The last thing anyone wants in such a device is that kind of unreliability! Some of the advertisers do specify which chip set is used, but others do not, so 'buying something similar' to the one quoted in the other thread is not proving to be as straight forward as expected. Does anyone have advice of which models/suppliers are fully reliable and safe, and available in the UK at a reasonable price? Thanks, S
From: peter on 29 May 2010 11:23 why would you need one. I am sure your desktop PC has 2 internal SATA connectors buy a new SATA drive hook it up and clone the old drive to the new. As for the Laptop buy an EIDE drive and an external HD case which connects the HD internally with EIDE pins but connects to your Laptop externally with USB. ????? peter -- If you find a posting or message from me offensive,inappropriate or disruptive,please ignore it. If you dont know how to ignore a posting complain to me and I will be only too happy to demonstrate :-) "spamlet" <spam.morespam(a)invalid.invalid> wrote in message news:OFdikMz$KHA.1700(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > I've been following the thread on hard drive updates as I need to replace > drives on both a laptop - Inspiron 2600 (eide) > - and a desktop pc (sata) > > The usb-sata etc adaptor seems a very useful device, but after 'googling' > for them here in the UK I am a bit unsure what to buy. There are many > different ones on offer and a wide range of prices. Also there are > warnings > from some users about some of them containing faulty chips that can > corrupt > data. The last thing anyone wants in such a device is that kind of > unreliability! Some of the advertisers do specify which chip set is used, > but others do not, so 'buying something similar' to the one quoted in the > other thread is not proving to be as > straight forward as expected. > > Does anyone have advice of which models/suppliers are fully reliable and > safe, and available in the UK at a reasonable price? > > Thanks, > > S > >
From: Paul on 29 May 2010 13:26 spamlet wrote: > I've been following the thread on hard drive updates as I need to replace > drives on both a laptop - Inspiron 2600 (eide) > - and a desktop pc (sata) > > The usb-sata etc adaptor seems a very useful device, but after 'googling' > for them here in the UK I am a bit unsure what to buy. There are many > different ones on offer and a wide range of prices. Also there are warnings > from some users about some of them containing faulty chips that can corrupt > data. The last thing anyone wants in such a device is that kind of > unreliability! Some of the advertisers do specify which chip set is used, > but others do not, so 'buying something similar' to the one quoted in the > other thread is not proving to be as > straight forward as expected. > > Does anyone have advice of which models/suppliers are fully reliable and > safe, and available in the UK at a reasonable price? > > Thanks, > > S > > Find a web site with customer reviews. Don't buy the product unless the reviews are clean and trouble free. If the customer reviews are OK, then it must be fit for purpose. For example, reading a few reviews on this one, a common theme is - "destroyed my hard drive". http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductReview.aspx?Item=N82E16812156102 None of the units seem to be perfect, so select one which doesn't ruin anything! It seems the quality of the power adapter that comes with the products, is one issue. http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010010353&Subcategory=353&srchInDesc=usb+sata+ide Paul
From: spamlet on 29 May 2010 13:57 Hi Peter, thanks for the response. Yes, those are other ways of doing this, but it does seem that a USB adaptor that would take the various drives without needing to buy enclosures for each, would be handy - especially as this would also make cheap offdesk storage/backup easier. Do the external EIDE cases have their own power supply? Getting off topic a bit but as you raised the issue: I'm having trouble establishing what drives I can actually use. The Dell Laptop Inspiron 2600 (XP Home SP3), is said on a Dell forum to only be capable of recognising drives up to 80 gig - but I see plenty of bigger ones on offer? The desktop is also a Dell (Optiplex GX270 XPPro SP3 ) and does seem to have a sata connector going spare, but again, when I made enquiries on a Dell forum they also said there were limits to the capacity of drive that would recognise as well. So I've been a long time getting round to making the upgrades as there seems to be one view that pretty well anything with the right connector will work, and another that each computer has its own limits. It is all rather confusing, so if you have any further experience to share on this I would be grateful. Cheers, S "peter" <peter(a)nowhere.net> wrote in message news:3A349EA4-D139-4356-AA19-7450077CE2CB(a)microsoft.com... > why would you need one. > I am sure your desktop PC has 2 internal SATA connectors buy a new SATA > drive > hook it up and clone the old drive to the new. > As for the Laptop buy an EIDE drive and an external HD case which connects > the HD internally with EIDE pins but connects to your Laptop externally > with USB. > ????? > > peter > > -- > If you find a posting or message from me offensive,inappropriate > or disruptive,please ignore it. > If you dont know how to ignore a posting complain > to me and I will be only too happy to demonstrate :-) > > > "spamlet" <spam.morespam(a)invalid.invalid> wrote in message > news:OFdikMz$KHA.1700(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >> I've been following the thread on hard drive updates as I need to replace >> drives on both a laptop - Inspiron 2600 (eide) >> - and a desktop pc (sata) >> >> The usb-sata etc adaptor seems a very useful device, but after 'googling' >> for them here in the UK I am a bit unsure what to buy. There are many >> different ones on offer and a wide range of prices. Also there are >> warnings >> from some users about some of them containing faulty chips that can >> corrupt >> data. The last thing anyone wants in such a device is that kind of >> unreliability! Some of the advertisers do specify which chip set is >> used, >> but others do not, so 'buying something similar' to the one quoted in the >> other thread is not proving to be as >> straight forward as expected. >> >> Does anyone have advice of which models/suppliers are fully reliable and >> safe, and available in the UK at a reasonable price? >> >> Thanks, >> >> S >> >>
From: spamlet on 29 May 2010 14:38
"Paul" <nospam(a)needed.com> wrote in message news:htrinn$skk$1(a)speranza.aioe.org... > spamlet wrote: >> I've been following the thread on hard drive updates as I need to replace >> drives on both a laptop - Inspiron 2600 (eide) >> - and a desktop pc (sata) >> >> The usb-sata etc adaptor seems a very useful device, but after 'googling' >> for them here in the UK I am a bit unsure what to buy. There are many >> different ones on offer and a wide range of prices. Also there are >> warnings >> from some users about some of them containing faulty chips that can >> corrupt >> data. The last thing anyone wants in such a device is that kind of >> unreliability! Some of the advertisers do specify which chip set is >> used, >> but others do not, so 'buying something similar' to the one quoted in the >> other thread is not proving to be as >> straight forward as expected. >> >> Does anyone have advice of which models/suppliers are fully reliable and >> safe, and available in the UK at a reasonable price? >> >> Thanks, >> >> S >> >> > > Find a web site with customer reviews. Don't buy the product > unless the reviews are clean and trouble free. If the customer > reviews are OK, then it must be fit for purpose. > > For example, reading a few reviews on this one, a common theme > is - "destroyed my hard drive". > > http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductReview.aspx?Item=N82E16812156102 > > None of the units seem to be perfect, so select one which doesn't > ruin anything! It seems the quality of the power adapter that comes > with the products, is one issue. > > http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010010353&Subcategory=353&srchInDesc=usb+sata+ide > > Paul Thanks Paul, That's pretty well put me off all of them! S |