SATA HD Kit (Page 3): That's pretty cool - haven't seen that but I could see that being the best system for multiple old hard drives. I've removed a few drives from old laptops and...

ecobin Loc: Paoli, PA

jimberton wrote:

here's the device i use for external sata drives. i have one like yours for old ide drives and it hooks to the newer sata drives.

this unit is great..you can hot swap drives. i have about 50 external sata drives and use 3 of these. no muss...no fuss. i bought mine at tiger direct. these only work on sata drives, not ide drives.

jim

That's pretty cool - haven't seen that but I could see that being the best system for multiple old hard drives. I've removed a few drives from old laptops and bought cases for them - the cases come with a usb cord. This is much cleaner than Jerry's rig when you only have a few drives (the cases I bought were $6 to $10 and very sturdy). This makes them portable - it's like having a large thumb drive.

jimberton Loc: Michigan's Upper Peninsula

ecobin wrote:

quote=jimberton here's the device i use for exter... (show quote)

but just remember, these drive docks do not work on the older ide drives...only the sata drives.

jimberton Loc: Michigan's Upper Peninsula

jerryc41 wrote:

quote=jimberton quote=Dan821 quote=jimberton q... (show quote)

you always figure how to save the bucks...when i get ready to buy my new 5dmk3...i will have you look for the best place to buy so i can save some bucks!!!

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

ecobin wrote:

This is much cleaner than Jerry's rig when you only have a few drives (the cases I bought were $6 to $10 and very sturdy). This makes them portable - it's like having a large thumb drive.

So you're saying I'm unclean? :D I agree with that opbservation, but for $7.99, you can't beat the price. I'm going to keep the dock by my computer so I can easily use several drives, and keep the wiring attached to another drive. My wife and son each have a computer, so this will be an easy way to keep their stuff backed up, in addition to my external drives. I'm always afraid that my backups will fail. That often happened in the days of 3 1/2" floppies.

ecobin Loc: Paoli, PA

jerryc41 wrote:

So you're saying I'm unclean? :D I agree with that opbservation, but for $7.99, you can't beat the price. I'm going to keep the dock by my computer so I can easily use several drives, and keep the wiring attached to another drive. My wife and son each have a computer, so this will be an easy way to keep their stuff backed up, in addition to my external drives. I'm always afraid that my backups will fail. That often happened in the days of 3 1/2" floppies.

Ha! Most of my stuff is wireless now - I hated all those wires and was really glad to get rid of them when I got an iMac in 2010. There's still a bunch (for router, scanner, usb extender, etc.) under my desk but out of sight!

barryn37 Loc: Norristown, PA

Sweet!!!. I'm getting one! :thumbup:

jimberton Loc: Michigan's Upper Peninsula

jerryc41 wrote:

quote=ecobin This is much cleaner than Jerry's ri... (show quote)

your 7.99 adapter will come in great handy when you need to hook up to an older IDE drive

woodsliv Loc: Tehachapi,CA

You guys have figured out something to add to the new math. Your method of saving could put banks out of service. I like this site.

Mickey88 Loc: Central Florida

I have the dual dock , I started with a single, then bought the dual I installed an esata card in my PC, it's superfast..
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817153112

next purchase is the quad.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=86785&CatId=2785

barryn37 Loc: Norristown, PA

Just ordered mine :)

jimberton Loc: Michigan's Upper Peninsula

Mickey88 wrote:

I have the dual dock , I started with a single, then bought the dual I installed an esata card in my PC, it's superfast..
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817153112

next purchase is the quad.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=86785&CatId=2785

wow..i didn't know they had a quad!! i would like to buy that but i am saving up for a new camera body...but thanks for the info. i might put that on my christmas list!!

GENorkus Loc: Washington Twp, Michigan

I picked up a nicer looking system that only have two wires (power and USB hookup), and cost me about $20 US dollars. They're sold alot on Ebay. You can also have two drives ad a memory card hooked up at once.

http://www.ebay.com/sch/sis.html?_nkw=Twin-Dual-HDD-HD-dock-Docking-station-SD-CF-HUB-E-SATA-

The things I like is that they work on full size drives, smaller laptop drives, all sorts of memory cards, direct camera hookup, additional USB hookups, and the newer models een allow USB 2.0 and 3.0 hookup! (Make sure it's not the older models that only have USB 2.0)

In other words, it has a bunch of ailities I might want to do someday.

GPappy Loc: Finally decided to plop down, Clover, S.C.

Look at this site for more..
www.worldstart.com

Moray Loc: East Coast Canada

I am in Canada so the 7.99 kit would likely cost me 89.99 even doh our $ is close to par

Brow621 Loc: Texas

There's a lot of packages on that site. Exactly which pkg is the one you have?

Sure looks like a heck of a deal. Thanks for sharing!