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Thomas Mueller wrote: |
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>> Mick has a good point. I have two or three of the cheaper USB external |
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>> enclosures and only one of them was somewhat fast, it is USB 2.0 after |
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>> all. The other two logged a lot of errors in messages file about |
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>> resetting something. It was resetting so often that moving data to or |
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>> from the drive was very slow. I pitched the two bad ones, saved the one |
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>> that works but bought a known good one, it has a fan and a display with |
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>> the temps and fan RPMs etc on it. It is a eSATA or USB enclosure. I |
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>> use the eSATA port and it is as fast as my internal drives. If |
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>> interested, I can find a link for one so you can see what it looks |
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>> like. I can also find the one that doesn't work just in case you have |
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>> it. The good one is black and the iffy ones are a silver color. Point |
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>> is, not all external enclosures work well. USB ports in my experience |
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>> really complicate matters. |
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>> I like USB for my camera and my little card reader, that I use to get |
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>> deer pics off my trail camera. Other than that, I try to avoid USB. |
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>> Oh, printers tend to work too. |
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>> Dale |
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> I am curious about your USB and eSATA enclosure. |
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> I have two such Sabrent enclosures, USB 2.0 and eSATA. |
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> USB 2.0 works with IDE or SATA hard drive, while eSATA works only with SATA hard drive. |
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> I also have a Micronet Fantom G-Force hard drive with USB 3.0 and eSATA connections. |
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> Tom |
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This first one is like the one that doesn't work. Of the three, two |
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didn't work correctly and the one that works without errors isn't that |
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fast either. I wouldn't recommend this one unless something has changed |
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which makes it much faster in the case of the one that works and is |
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dependable in the case of the two who doesn't. |
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https://www.ebay.com/itm/USB3-0-HDD-Enclosure-3-5-SATA-External-Hard-Drive-Caddy-Case-cooling-fan/293073024042 |
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This next one is the one that works great. It's fast, every bit as fast |
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as my internal drives. I have not tried the USB port so I'm referring |
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to the eSATA port only. Let's hope they haven't changed this since it |
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works great. The display is hard to see on the main image but another |
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image shows it well. I might add, the price has went up quite a bit |
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too. o_O |
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https://www.ebay.com/itm/Rosewill-Armer-RX304-APU3-35B-External-3-5-SATA-III-6-Gb-s-Hard-Drive-Enclosu/383002494116 |
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One other note, neither of those are the vendor I bought from. The |
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original vendor had sold out and either unlisted the item or no longer |
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had all the info. |
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I'm sure there are others out there that work fine. I'm just sharing |
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the ones I have that don't work right and one that does. Just like hard |
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drives in general, I'm sure others will have different experiences. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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