Storage Solutions USB to IDE/SATA cable

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I have quite a few older hard drives lying around and want a solution to connect them to my PC, without buying a casing for each of them. I've seen a few products on amazon.com that offer a USB to IDE/SATA cable with power supply (sample product here)

Anyone used a product like this? How reliable are they? Do you get them in India?
 
very reliable .....better than casing ......since , in casing they have pins like MOUSE , which break easily[ ppl dont know how to insert , and ends up breaking it with force just like mouse n kbd pin].........but in this they have pin like power supply wire[3 pin] , which are better.

Hard to find in lamigton....ebay u can get at Rs400[IDE] and rs600[SATA] ...better get sata...since it has both sata/ide/laptop
 
U get it in a shop beside Golcha Intertrade in S.P. Road. Quality looks fine.
No warranty though, just testing warranty.
Includes adapter and all other cables. Costs 460 bucks. :)

Go get it...
 
My SATA hard drive (primary) had started to behave erratically over the past few days. After lot of troubleshooting, I was forced to reinstall windows on my backup drive(IDE), but for some reason, it wasn't able to access my SATA drive and would hang all the time. I finally had to unplug it for Windows to become stable again. My last backup was a couple of weeks ago, so I had a few important files stuck on the SATA drive. Hence, I had a pressing need to get this kind of gadget.

I got the unit, a brand called R-Driver. It comprises of a power adapter, SATA/IDE power plugs and cables to hook up to SATA/IDE drives. It worked pretty well, gave me a sustained transfer speed of around 20 MB/s while transferring around 10 Gigs of data. The cost was 450.

A really important lesson I learnt was to have a seamless and up-to-date backup mechanism. One of the solutions that I am exploring is using Microsoft Live Sync to keep the important files in sync between my desktop and laptop. I will post my experience after I have used it for a few days.
 
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