Hello!

I have an SATA drive in my desktop, but I'll be forced to use only an
old laptop for several months. I'd like to still have access to a
large amount of my files... what is the best option for using the SATA
drive with the laptop? I've read about external SATA cases that use
USB, but they seem really expensive. Will an ATA to USB conversion
cable work? What about transfer rates?

Thanks!

Any type of USB is slower than SATA. You will need some type of conversion
for your laptop to use the drive. There is no other way. In any case, you
will also need a power supply to run the drive, which comes with the SATA to
USB conversion box. Converting these formats is not a simple cable. There is
a fair amount of processing required, and this is also why the conversion is
expensive.

You would be best off getting a larger hard disk for the laptop, and then
transferring the files over to the laptop hard disk through a network from
the machine that normally uses the SATA drive. This way, there is more
portability, and it may work out cheaper in the long run.

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JANA
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"johnsmith" <kirkbray@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1122759575.209251.83810@g49g2000cwa.googlegro ups.com...
Hello!

I have an SATA drive in my desktop, but I'll be forced to use only an
old laptop for several months. I'd like to still have access to a
large amount of my files... what is the best option for using the SATA
drive with the laptop? I've read about external SATA cases that use
USB, but they seem really expensive. Will an ATA to USB conversion
cable work? What about transfer rates?

Thanks!

USB is slower than SATA? You have to convert something, and it will be
difficult and expensive, to use the drive with the laptop?

What are you smoking?

First off:

SATA: 150Mbit/s
USB 2.0: 480MBit/s

Secondly, all johnsmith needs is one of these:

http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicatio...222408&CatId=0

All he needs is one $44 CAD plug and play enclosure and he's in
business. There's no expensive drawn out process. You just put the
drive in the enclosure and plug it in. You may need to assign a drive
letter to it.

I'm still trying to figure out what the hell you were going on about.



JANA wrote:

"JANA" <jana@ca.inter.net> wrote: