USB 2.0 3.5" hard drive adapter - WOW!

**Yuriy** · 07-06-2004, 08:23 PM

Wow guys, this looks like it's even faster than IDE! I can copy 2 MP3s encoded at 192 kbs in one second. I just copied my entire 9 GB music collection to an external 3.5" IDE hard drive in 10 minutes! Amazing technology! Its hard to beleive that USBs have only 5 wires in them

**Yuriy** · 07-06-2004, 08:29 PM

Okay - I must be seing things! 300 mb took 5 seconds to copy!

**Aftaab001** · 07-06-2004, 08:38 PM

you talking usb2.0 to IDE converter? i find this even faster than usb 2.0 to usb 2.0 link cable for some reason...i have both...

**dim-8** · 07-06-2004, 08:49 PM

is there a link to the cable you bought?

**Aftaab001** · 07-06-2004, 09:00 PM

something like this
http://www.usb-port.com/uda200.html
but i got mine from www.maplin.co.uk ( i'm UK resident by the way LOL)
do a search for IDE to USB 2.0 cable on google......it should have the main converter and a seperate molex adapter and the ad - dc transformer with it as well

also i noticed the lead was VERY VERY short on my one e.g USB plug to IDE plug was around 15 cm...maybe it affects the data transfer speed?

**brooksware2000** · 07-06-2004, 09:12 PM

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=5107047399

How about this, i have one and it is much cheaper than others I have seen. Look at the other items he sales, he has more.

**Yuriy** · 07-06-2004, 09:49 PM

Here's what I got - works like a charm! True plug&play in both Win 98 SE and Win XP.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...e=STRK:MEWN:IT
They also gave me a 3.5" to 2.5" drive converter so I can use my laptop's drive too, which is what I'm doing at the moment.

**Yuriy** · 07-06-2004, 09:50 PM

Originally Posted by brooksware2000

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=5107047399

How about this, i have one and it is much cheaper than others I have seen. Look at the other items he sales, he has more.

Oh hey - same thing

If you ever need one - buy this type. Comes with a compact power supply for your inverter.

**d_sellers1** · 07-06-2004, 10:41 PM

Here's the one that I want. $35 with free FedEx shipping.
LINK

Derek

edit: Okay. I'm gonna stop posting links to all the parts that I want. Three other peices are currently sold out. Not cool...

**brooksware2000** · 07-06-2004, 11:31 PM

Originally Posted by Yuriy

Oh hey - same thing

If you ever need one - buy this type. Comes with a compact power supply for your inverter.

Yep, gots me two of them puppies. I'm working on a little project with some hot swappable drives in drive bays for my carpc. I'll be able to pull the drives out and take them in the house and upload media on them and then take the cartridge back outside and plug it back into the media bay.