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newyear

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 7:00 pm
Post subject: HD - access outside PC - via plug in reader ?
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I'll try and explain . . .

saw a HD forensic item on the news - not fussed about the forensics but

the hd plugs into a base like a home cordless phone base - drive was sata -
standing vertical

then looked like one of those bays for the front of a pc - sata cable from
it to the pc and a power lead
from the bay as well

looked like a good quick way to read a spare drive

anybody know about this type of thing ?

anxious about the plug in "stand" really

thanks


p.s. just thinking - the conection side of the drive was facing top so i
guess
the base really was just a way of holding the drive

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2008 7:52 am
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newyear <newyear.TakeThisOut@newyear.com> wrote:
> I'll try and explain . . .
>
> saw a HD forensic item on the news - not fussed about the forensics
> but
>
> the hd plugs into a base like a home cordless phone base - drive was
> sata - standing vertical
>
> then looked like one of those bays for the front of a pc - sata cable
> from it to the pc and a power lead
> from the bay as well
>
> looked like a good quick way to read a spare drive
>
> anybody know about this type of thing ?
>
> anxious about the plug in "stand" really
>
> thanks
>
>
> p.s. just thinking - the conection side of the drive was facing top
> so i guess
> the base really was just a way of holding the drive

Any eSATA port on the PC can do that, what you are talking about is
really just a way to hold the drive vertically and thats just cosmetic.

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2008 12:59 pm
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point taken - sort of realised as i was typing

any examples of such things would be welcome though

or a plug in base that uses usb to the pc to do the same



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newyear <newyear RemoveThis @newyear.com> wrote:
> I'll try and explain . . .
>
> saw a HD forensic item on the news - not fussed about the forensics
> but
>
> the hd plugs into a base like a home cordless phone base - drive was
> sata - standing vertical
>
> then looked like one of those bays for the front of a pc - sata cable
> from it to the pc and a power lead
> from the bay as well
>
> looked like a good quick way to read a spare drive
>
> anybody know about this type of thing ?
>
> anxious about the plug in "stand" really
>
> thanks
>
>
> p.s. just thinking - the conection side of the drive was facing top
> so i guess
> the base really was just a way of holding the drive

Any eSATA port on the PC can do that, what you are talking about is
really just a way to hold the drive vertically and thats just cosmetic.
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 5:32 am
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newyear <newyear.DeleteThis@newyear.com> wrote:

> point taken - sort of realised as i was typing

> any examples of such things would be welcome though

> or a plug in base that uses usb to the pc to do the same

There's plenty of those on ebay. Not bases so much
as cables with a connector on the end that plugs into
the drive with the drive loose on the desktop.


> "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa.DeleteThis@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:5vv0hdF1o503nU1@mid.individual.net...
> newyear <newyear.DeleteThis@newyear.com> wrote:
>> I'll try and explain . . .
>>
>> saw a HD forensic item on the news - not fussed about the forensics
>> but
>>
>> the hd plugs into a base like a home cordless phone base - drive was
>> sata - standing vertical
>>
>> then looked like one of those bays for the front of a pc - sata cable
>> from it to the pc and a power lead
>> from the bay as well
>>
>> looked like a good quick way to read a spare drive
>>
>> anybody know about this type of thing ?
>>
>> anxious about the plug in "stand" really
>>
>> thanks
>>
>>
>> p.s. just thinking - the conection side of the drive was facing top
>> so i guess
>> the base really was just a way of holding the drive
>
> Any eSATA port on the PC can do that, what you are talking about is
> really just a way to hold the drive vertically and thats just
> cosmetic.
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