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    dell d600 now a paperweight. which ide to usb adapter is reliable for hard drive salvage?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by 000111, Oct 14, 2007.

  1. 000111

    000111 Atari Master

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    hi all! well, my d600 seems to have bit the dust. i have a question. i would like to save the hard drive. i am looking at getting an ide to usb adapter. there are a bunch of them, and a lot of them seem pretty cheap. is there one that works well? perhaps there are some techs out there that use one of these things that have an opinion...


    also- i would like one that has a power supply, and the ability to connect to ide and sata, considering whatevery new laptop i get will surely be sata...

    woot!
     
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    They all work well. I’ve used many of those cheap (~$10) drive enclosures and none of them had any problems.
     
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    oh, word. an enclosure would be another option as well. i was thinking of getting one of those adapters (w/o enclosure), but why not get an enclosure out of the deal? hehe..

    here is a question... will an ide to usb enclosure work without a power adapter? i mean, will an inspiron 1100's usb ports power the drive? i have had problems with a d600 powering an external 2.5" HD. i don't know if the 1100 has 'low power' usb ports or anything...
     
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    As a matter of fact I know of one, that has everything, IDE, sata, comes with a AC adapter and connects via USB, you just take the internal drive plug in the cables and bam...

    I'll look for the link bro.
     
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    repped. word.
     
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    Just to add to this. if the notebook drive uses 0.5 amps or less then it can be completely bus powered. I put together an external drive using a 120GB ide-based notebook drive and an external case using passive cooling and it powers completely off the bus. If you want to know which one I used then I can try to find the link on the site where I bought it.
     
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    Khris Yes I am better than you!

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    thanks for all the replies! shin- if you want to post the link it would be greatly appreciated, but don't put yourself out looking for it. word.
     
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