awake Posted July 7, 2005 Report Share Posted July 7, 2005 Hi all.Been using an external usb hard drive (smart drive combo) which is basically a laptop HDD in a case with usb / 1394 connectors.I've used it lately to pull off data from laptops whose windows has gone belly up.Though the unit isn't really built with this in mind, as the casing needs to be unscrewed and that exposes the circuit board of the unit. It occured to me that there must be a HDD caddy of some sort with similar connections, ie, usb. Something that is designed to 'plugin' a laptop, or desktop HDD for the purpose of copying data off. I was thinking an external caddy with connectors for laptop, desktop, sata & scsi hard drives would be perfect, with a usb connector to stick in the PC. A kind of universal HDD connector.So, question is has anyone heard of such a unit ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micken Posted July 8, 2005 Report Share Posted July 8, 2005 Does this fit the bill?http://www.themodfathers.jolt.co.uk/?page=...n=show&id=10271Looks brilliant. Literally! :Cool Smiley Tab: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micken Posted July 8, 2005 Report Share Posted July 8, 2005 See here for purchase.http://www.cclonline.com/product-search-results.aspA good firm to deal with, I have 3 PC's built from their components.RegardsMick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micken Posted July 8, 2005 Report Share Posted July 8, 2005 Sorry, just realised what I'd done.See herehttp://www.cclonline.com/categories/HDD-ACC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awake Posted July 12, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 Thanks for the replies micken. I have seen the external drive bays / cases, but what I was really after was some kind of universal device that would have a usb2 connection to the PC, whilst giving connectivity to laptop hdd's as well as 3.5" desktop hdd's.Unless there's an adaptor out there that allows a laptop HDD to connect to a standard 3.5" IDE connector ?Did have a look on the net but couldn't find anything but a couple of mentions to such a thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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