Storage Solutions Using Internal DVD Writer as External one ??

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Nice thread, i also have to install XP on a friend's laptop with a dead optical drive. Whats the cheapest deal u got there Rakrules?
 
Rockfella said:
Nice thread, i also have to install XP on a friend's laptop with a dead optical drive. Whats the cheapest deal u got there Rakrules?
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Cheapest for this cable thing is around 400 bucks + 75 shipping on ebay. But i think i will go to the shop and get it at laptop.
 
Please post a link of the product :ashamed: Thanks man!:)

raksrules said:
Cheapest for this cable thing is around 400 bucks + 75 shipping on ebay. But i think i will go to the shop and get it at laptop.
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Rockfella said:
Please post a link of the product :ashamed: Thanks man!:)
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mndar said:
Do you really want a casing or will just an adapter/cable do?
If you don't intend of carrying it around, just a cable will do and it will save you a lot of money.
I suggest you go for this one. It is for 398 but the shipping is a little high at 75.
eBay India: Tech-Com USB 2.0 TO SATA IDE PATA Cable With Adapter B (item 350294346289 end time 16-Jan-2010 12:51:44 IST)

I've used this adapter(not bought on ebay) and it works nicely with HDDs and DVD drives
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This is the one...
 
Thanks man! I just want to install XP on my friend laptop don't need the drive otherwise, if it is possible to be done for free then it will be great coz he has 3-4 laptops, just that this particula rone is an old laptop and has 512mb ram some bugger installed vista business on it :lol:

raksrules said:
This is the one...
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On Monday i had been to Lamington road and bought that cable / adapter assembly to connect my internal HDD / DVD Writer to my laptop but that damn adapter was faulty and hence it never worked. Then today i went again to that shop to return that and the guy there changed that thing but told me that adapter ka guarantee nahi hota. I was like WTF... :@

Bought home the new one and it worked fine but i suppose the adapter was getting too hot upto the point that it was impossible to touch it. Still i was using it connected to my laptop and boom my TV shut off, electricity line tripped and some strange sound came :fear:

I check the adapter and it was burnt from the side down and my wooden table was also burnt.

I strongly recommend against buying this thing. Now i am not going to go back to Lamington road and have lost my 350 bucks.

Now what do i do ?? Where can i get the replacement adapter, the one which directly goes into the 4 pin power of the IDE drive
 
OMG....was it Tech com ?

BTW, i used that converter for my internal DVD drive(IDE)....so used the PSU molex for it...
 
Hey man try this Brando USB 2 Sata/IDE This one is more reliable. I have been using it since almost 2 yrs & also bought it locally cheap for around 700rs back then. BTW though the shop guy wont give warranty on the adaptor, he does give a testing warranty, open it up & have it checked in the shop itself.

Also this allows 1 ide + 1 sata at the same time :ohyeah:
 
jahire2 said:
Hey man try this Brando USB 2 Sata/IDE This one is more reliable. I have been using it since almost 2 yrs & also bought it locally cheap for around 700rs back then. BTW though the shop guy wont give warranty on the adaptor, he does give a testing warranty, open it up & have it checked in the shop itself.

Also this allows 1 ide + 1 sata at the same time :ohyeah:
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Yes testing is there, he just plugged in the adapter and connected to DVD writer and open and shut the tray of writer. But this getting hot thing was something i never expected. Like in 5 minutes of usage the adapter was burning hot.

What you have given link is the same thing that i have now, just that the adapter brick now is useless.
 
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