Something for your computer repair toolbox

[Kaido]

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$24.99 - reads 2.5", 3.5", and 5.25" IDE and SATA (1/2) hard drives. Also supports optical drives (CD/DVD roms and burners) as well as other removable drives such as internal Zip drives. Works with Windows, Linux, and Mac.

buy here

USB hard drive enclosures typically cost $30 on up and only read one kind of hard drive (SATA, USB, 3.5, 2.5, etc.), so this is a pretty hot deal as far as multi-purpose readers go. You can use this to recover data from a hard drive, clean viruses and spyware off of it, clone for backup, image to a new drive, and so on. Very handy, I'm glad I finally found someone who makes what I want!

 

[10Gauge]

$10 + $10 shipping all day long on Ebay...

 

[nlieber]

Could you send me a EBAY link on this I don't see any.

And a bump

 

[intogamer]

I have a similar generic one but it doesn't have SATA

You could prolly find it cheaper

 

[thinlizzie]

ebay - under $15 shipped

Actually, I would buy one that does SATA as well. This one doesn't.

I didn't know they made these! Would make installs and repairs much easier!! I'm in...

 

[imported_nunya]

Originally posted by: thinlizzie
ebay - under $15 shipped

That doesn't support SATA.

 

[thinlizzie]

Better?

If you're not part of the solution you're part of the problem. Catch my drift?

 

[mjreddy]

what do you mean by 10+10 shipping?

 

[forkd]

I have the $20 one from Newegg and it's been good for about 2 years now. It doesn't do SATA but neither do I yet

These are very handy especially for helping people with a busted laptop backup.

 

[imported_nunya]

If you're not part of the solution you're part of the problem. Catch my drift?

Hey, don't get your panties in a bunch because I pointed out an oversight on your part. A simple "Oops, this one does do SATA" would have sufficed.

what do you mean by 10+10 shipping?

He means they cost $10 plus $10 for shipping (so $20).

 

[StevenYoo]

Originally posted by: thinlizzie
Better?

If you're not part of the solution you're part of the problem. Catch my drift?

man, this thread got hijacked. I'm in for the one sold on eBay.

Thanks though, OP.

 

[imported_stev]

I'm in for one. When my PSU died, I had to work off of a couple weeks-old backup from my external drive, which by the way was IDE, so I couldn't connect my SATA internal drive with it! This looks like it does it all. Thanks OP!

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: StevenYoo

Originally posted by: thinlizzie
Better?

If you're not part of the solution you're part of the problem. Catch my drift?

man, this thread got hijacked. I'm in for the one sold on eBay.

Thanks though, OP.

lol, yeah. people are so ready to jump all over you with criticism that they don't have enough time to check to see if it's the same product lol. I wonder how the quality of the ebay one is...I've had good experiences with NewerTechnology stuff in the past...

 

[Mojonba]

Same thing @ Newegg - $18.99 + shipping

 

[Mojonba]

Actually Im considering buying one of these myself but I got a question. How do you power a 2.5" hard drive that doesnt have a molex power plug, USB bus powered?

 

[imported_stev]

Originally posted by: Mojonba1
Actually Im considering buying one of these myself but I got a question. How do you power a 2.5" hard drive that doesnt have a molex power plug, USB bus powered?

That's usually the case for external enclosures for 2.5" drives, so I'm assuming it works the same way here.

 

[Oscar1613]

Originally posted by: Mojonba1
Actually Im considering buying one of these myself but I got a question. How do you power a 2.5" hard drive that doesnt have a molex power plug, USB bus powered?

2.5" hds have 2 extra pins on the data connector for power. it looks like the adapter has one side for 3.5" connector and another for the 2.5" connector, then you plug the power supply into the adapter for the 2.5" or directly into the drive for 3.5"

 

[Mojonba]

Originally posted by: Oscar1613

Originally posted by: Mojonba1
Actually Im considering buying one of these myself but I got a question. How do you power a 2.5" hard drive that doesnt have a molex power plug, USB bus powered?

2.5" hds have 2 extra pins on the data connector for power. it looks like the adapter has one side for 3.5" connector and another for the 2.5" connector, then you plug the power supply into the adapter for the 2.5" or directly into the drive for 3.5"

Makes sense but I dont see a molex power input anywhere on that adapter. This other one has one though.

 

[Gilby]

Does anyone know if these will work with the drive plugged into a standard 4-pin molex coming off of the PSU? Or do you need to use the external power adapter?

 

[Oscar1613]

Originally posted by: Mojonba1

Originally posted by: Oscar1613

Originally posted by: Mojonba1
Actually Im considering buying one of these myself but I got a question. How do you power a 2.5" hard drive that doesnt have a molex power plug, USB bus powered?

2.5" hds have 2 extra pins on the data connector for power. it looks like the adapter has one side for 3.5" connector and another for the 2.5" connector, then you plug the power supply into the adapter for the 2.5" or directly into the drive for 3.5"

Makes sense but I dont see a molex power input anywhere on that adapter. This other one has one though.

ok the manual for the rosewill one from newegg says it doesnt need extra power for 2.5" drives. but if you look at the 2.5" picture for the NewerTechnology one, there are 2 cords going in, but only one on the 3.5" picture, so i'm guessing it has some way to plug in

 

[Oscar1613]

interesting... "RCW-605 can support totally three ATA / ATAPI / SATA devices working together in one time. You can connect one 2.5?, one 3.5? ATA/ATAPI and one SATA devices together to your PC."

 

[Mojonba]

Originally posted by: Gilby
Does anyone know if these will work with the drive plugged into a standard 4-pin molex coming off of the PSU? Or do you need to use the external power adapter?

I dont see why not. Power is power doesnt matter where it is coming from.

 

[Oscar1613]

Originally posted by: Gilby
Does anyone know if these will work with the drive plugged into a standard 4-pin molex coming off of the PSU? Or do you need to use the external power adapter?

power is power... i dont see why you wouldnt be able to

 

[StevenYoo]

Originally posted by: Gilby
Does anyone know if these will work with the drive plugged into a standard 4-pin molex coming off of the PSU? Or do you need to use the external power adapter?

i don't see why that wouldn't work

 

[Mojonba]

Well it appears there are different manufactures/version of this adapters. Some usb powered for 2.5 drives (Rosewill) and some external powered (newertech). Personally I would stay away from usb powered ones. I once had a usb powered 2.5 enclosure that would power up some drives a some others not, plus some drives exceed the 500ma current specification of the usb bus.