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Question about SATA
If I had an external enclosure that supported SATA, can I plug it into a standard PC (that doesn't have SATA drives inside) and format the SATA drive?
I'm just trying to plan ahead as to what I can do in the event of hard drive failure on my new system that has the new WD 150gig 10,000rpm HD. I use backup sofware, so restoring the system is no problem as long as I can format a new drive to put in my box. I was thinking that if I ever did have HD failure, I could get a new SATA drive and use my wife's PC to format.... |
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03-02-2006, 07:47 AM
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Not sure where you'd plug the drive into if the other pc doesn't have a SATA connector?
There are probably enclosures that will use a SATA drive and connect via USB...
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What I have in mind is putting an SATA drive into an external enclosure that supports SATA drive...but connects to your PC via a USB port.
It wouldn't do any good to have a setup that requires an SATA plug in, when you are trying to connect to a PC that doesn't have SATA. Last edited by Rockrz; 03-02-2006 at 08:08 AM. |
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03-02-2006, 11:07 AM
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not important: Only if the housing has a SATA to USB interface card! Quite a few external enclosures that say SATA are only SATA to SATA, not SATA to USB.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817145166 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817121184 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817121185 Those are the first 3 I found at Newegg, there are more. |
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Great links......Thanx!
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