Comments on: Hook up an internal drive externally, temporarily

By: terrywhite

terrywhite — Sat, 23 May 2009 15:23:05 +0000

Chris E, if the drive is functional, it should work.

By: Chris E

Chris E — Sat, 23 May 2009 15:05:33 +0000

I have an old PowerBook G3 333mhz that has a dead power supply unit. I would like to get the data off the drive and was wondering if this adapter works with the older drives. According to http://www.everymac.com, it has a IEDE/ATA HD interface.

By: Brad G

Brad G — Thu, 21 May 2009 23:16:33 +0000

I just had the same thing delivered to me today also. I had a previous one, but this one works better. Good to have when helping friends and family with old drives or when they upgrade drives since it works with all types

By: terrywhite

terrywhite — Thu, 21 May 2009 17:22:51 +0000

Scotty, HandBrake, Universal Setting.

By: Brad Denham

Brad Denham — Thu, 21 May 2009 17:14:27 +0000

This is also a very good tool to use when scanning for viruses, malware, and/or Trojan Horses. With the internal drive connected externally, the drive doesn’t boot into the OS and give the malicious software a chance to hide itself from security related software scans. The drive just looks like another USB connected disk.

By: Adam Felde

Adam Felde — Thu, 21 May 2009 17:02:49 +0000

Terry,

I use a similar device called Black X by thermaltake. The bare drive is placed upright into the Black X. One model supports USB 2.0 and ESata connections at 3 GBPS.

In my case, it works like any other USB connected external drive.

By: Scotty

Scotty — Thu, 21 May 2009 16:53:17 +0000

Hey Terry,
What program and settings did you use to rip your DVD’s?

By: terrywhite

terrywhite — Thu, 21 May 2009 15:33:34 +0000

Rafal,
the trick here is that this one connection works on all drives. If you buy a case, it will either be for SATA or PATA, not to mention the whole 3.5″ vs. 2.5″ drive size issue. I don’t know of any cases that do it all?

By: Rafal

Rafal — Thu, 21 May 2009 15:11:54 +0000

It is a nice piece, although I have been trying to find something like this. But then I saw the prices. It is just simply alot cheaper to buy a generic HDD case that just slides both HDDs in.

By: Rodo Lana

Rodo Lana — Thu, 21 May 2009 14:01:11 +0000

Terry,
I have one of these Universal Drive Adapters, it’s a great piece of hardware. You should also look at NewerTech Voyager Q- Quad Interface SATA 2.5″ & 3.5″ Hard Drive Docking Solution, also available from OWC. Anyone looking to archive their data on a regular basis would find this an easier solution and since it has USB2.0, FireWire 400/800 and eSATA interfaces, all bases would be covered. One caveat, it only works with SATA I/II drives, not with IDE drives, unlike the Universal Drive Adapter which handles both.

BTW, when are you doing another InDesign seminar in NYC?