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Adapter for Pata/Sata drives

Hello,

I'm looking for a good adapter for Pata/Sata drives, so I'd be able to connect HD's to my pc via USB for backing up those disks. Please give me your advice.

Thanks,
Jvuz

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Bryon H

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jvuz

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It's meant to connect different HD's. I work in a support team, where we need to backup, imaging and cloning disks from time to time. But I need something solid, that is not bad for those disks.

jvuz

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Do you use some from the url's you posted? I want too know your experience with it.

Bryon H

the first link i posted is perfect for that, i use it all the time

Bryon H

oh - sometimes i have problems with a sata drive thru the adapter if i use the front usb port on the computer, but haven't had a problem with the rear ports

there are adapters that do 3 things: sata/pata and laptop pata (which doesnt require power)

Bryon H

you said connect to your computer - if you mean to clone from one disk to another disk, you would need 2 adapters, or to put one internal as a slave.

they do make devices that you can plug 2 drives into and it will clone from one to another, without the need for a computer, is that what you mean?

jvuz

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For cloning I use the PC/Notebook that needs cloning, so 1 adapter is fine.

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