On 14/07/18 11:53, Theo wrote:
GB wrote:
On 13/07/2018 22:56, Graham. wrote:
Ebay item 123188037792 99 pence inc free postage from China.

Nooooooooooooooo! That's for 2.5" drives. But, it's bloody cheap, isn't
it. Might get one to keep in stock.

It's probably better to invest another quid in a USB 3.0 version:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/USB-3-0-t...r/132670918384
since USB 2.0 is likely to be a bottleneck on most modern drives.

For 3.5" drives you can get adaptors like this:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/USB-3-0-T...R/232780523602
but you're probably better off with a case that also handles power, unless
you're willing to fish around the inside of your PC for a spare SATA power
connector.

Theo

I dunno why he doesnt just mount te damned thing inside his PC and be
done with it.

Franly investng time and effort to read an onbsolete drive more than
once, to get the data off, is not in my list of cool hip ways to spend
my life

External drivees are available at very low prices. If your network is
too slow to move data round on it. A Gigabit network is comparable with
some USB stuff

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