I recently bought an interesting device that will accept any SATA hard drive and convert it to a USB 2.0 outboard unit. You just take a bare drive, push it into a slot on top of the box and plug it into a USB port on the computer. The device is BlacX and it is manufactured by Thermaltake. It comes with cables and an AC power adapter. It cost $37.99 + tax at MicroCenter. It's also available on the New Egg website. High capacity OEM SATA drives are fairly cheap these days. Bill -----Original Message----- >From: Bob <w8imo@xxxxxxxx> >Sent: Jun 13, 2008 9:09 AM >To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Subject: Re: Seagate > >"Seagate and Maxtor seem to be somehow related"..... > >Seagate owns Maxtor. I've not really compared products under both names >so I don't understand why there are still two names. > >I know that when I was working, 40 years in field service with Big Blue, >Seagate hard drives were common in the mid range servers I took care of. > >But then I was a hardware geek and not a business major,,,, ;-) > >Bob > >Formyrotts@xxxxxxx wrote: >> Hi, :) >> Just a note on the external hd that was Seagate 500. It sounds like >> you bought the same one I did at Best Buy. So far, even though I can >> be dumb as a rock, it seems to be working like a gem! I did the >> automatic save (having burned most everything to a CD and deleted from >> my hard drive anyhow) onto the external, then started poking around in >> the Seagate program and figured out how to shut off the automatic >> save. Now I just save what I want onto it, I have another one which I >> bought to use as a mirror (just incase), as someone mentioned that to >> me--I've learned to listen to those with more experience then I have. >> >> Oh, one thing I found interesting was the fact that Seagate and Maxtor >> seem to be somehow related, oh well. Linda B. >> >> >> ************** >> Vote for your city's best dining and nightlife. City's Best 2008. >> (http://citysbest.aol.com?ncid=aolacg00050000000102) > >-- > ///// > ( O O ) >--------------------oOOO-----O----OOOo-----73 de w8imo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > I plan to live forever. So far, so good...... >
