External Backup Device

[Hogleg 44]

I just got one of these, and it works great! $40 bucks.
Thermaltake BlacX
Just connect, and stick your bare 3 1/2" or 2 1/2" SATA HDD into the slot, start the data transfer. Thats It!
And I have found that the bare 3 1/2 inch drives will fit nicely in an old VHS tape jacket for storage.

[GypsyHighSide]

Very cool. I hadn't seen that before.

Rob

[warlord48]

great idea
but, always a but, watch for heat buildup in the drive and the connect point. I read some reviews where the Vantec models were frying drives, never about Thermaltake. just looked on Tiger Direct and the Vantec's are no longer listed.
JR

[Hogleg 44]

Originally Posted by warlord48

great idea
but, always a but, watch for heat buildup in the drive and the connect point. I read some reviews where the Vantec models were frying drives, never about Thermaltake. just looked on Tiger Direct and the Vantec's are no longer listed.
JR

Just think this of as a card reader, only for hard drives. That is basically what it is.

This seems to be very well constructed, and is heaver than it looks.
The research I did before purchasing did not reveal any problems as suggested. It was highly rated in the user reviews I saw. Just properly seat the drive in the reader and connection be a non issue.

[Sonny]

Originally Posted by Hogleg 44

I just got one of these, and it works great! $40 bucks.
Thermaltake BlacX
Just connect, and stick your bare 3 1/2" or 2 1/2" SATA HDD into the slot, start the data transfer. Thats It!
And I have found that the bare 3 1/2 inch drives will fit nicely in an old VHS tape jacket for storage.

cool lookin but kinda expensive. I prefer this
http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?InvtId=2020&cpc=RECOM

simple, easy, and fits ide drives as well.

[Riff Raff]

And be extremely careful when moving the hard drive around. I've accidentally knocked a capacitor off the exposed circuit board on a hard drive before. That didn't turn out well.