USB enclosure for a laptop IDE drive?

[Jerry Feldman]

On 12/31/2008 02:41 PM, Alex Hewitt wrote:
> Bill McGonigle wrote:
>   
>> On 2008-12-30 6:02 PM, ordung at gmail.com wrote:
>>   
>>     
>>> On 12/30/08, Ben Scott<dragonhawk at gmail.com>  wrote:
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>>>       
>>>> On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 4:09 PM, Ted Roche<tedroche at tedroche.com>  wrote:
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>>>>         
>>>>> The folks at GotInk4You (*) sell a "USB 2.0 to SATA/IDE" cable&
>>>>> connector pretty cheap ///
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>> Not an enclosure but I've heard good things about this gizmo. Anyone
>>> have any experience?
>>>
>>> http://www.newertech.com/products/usb2_adaptv2.php
>>>
>>> Mark
>>>     
>>>       
>> I have this one:
>>
>>   http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812232002
>>
>> and it works perfectly.  It looks very similar, I assume there's an OEM 
>> who makes them in customer plastic.
>>
>> -Bill
>>
>>   
>>     
>
> I have the same one Bill has but recently I found this "docking station" 
> at Newegg and I'm very happy with it.
>
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817153066
>
> It only does SATA 2.5/3.5 drives but it's very nicely done...
>
> -
This is the unit I got for my 3.5 in IDE drive I removed from my old 
computer. I think I paid under $10.00 at MicroCenter.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001NACBEE?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&tag=nextag-ce-tier1-delta-20&linkCode=asn

I don't know the brand of my 2.5in. Again this one I bought at 
MicroCenter for about $5.00.
I think it depends on the use. The only reason I use the 3.5 in for is 
for temporary stuff because the drive is very loud. If you are planning 
on using it to recover some data then probably the cheap ones might 
serve you well, or if you plan to use it full time, you may want to 
consider things like heat dissipation.

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Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
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