External Hard Disk Enclosure Question
27-04-2020, 14:16
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External Hard Disk Enclosure Question
Im thinking of buying this 4 port enclosure for some old drives i have laying around but i have 2 questions.
Will i be able to use this and have it seen as seperate drives?
Will i lose any of the data that is currently on the drives when i set the drives up in the enclosure?
Here is the link to the enclosure....
https://www.scan.co.uk/products/4-ba...and-esata-host
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27-04-2020, 14:37
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Re: External Hard Disk Enclosure Question
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Originally Posted by alanbjames
Im thinking of buying this 4 port enclosure for some old drives i have laying around but i have 2 questions.
Will i be able to use this and have it seen as seperate drives?
Will i lose any of the data that is currently on the drives when i set the drives up in the enclosure?
Here is the link to the enclosure....
https://www.scan.co.uk/products/4-ba...and-esata-host |
Based purely on the reviews on that link I'd say it will see them as separate drives. No reason why you should lose data I don't think.
However a few people mention that it runs hot despite its "icy" credentials and that it can be a bit finicky. it's a nice idea though if you have a load of bare drives kicking around.
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27-04-2020, 14:59
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Re: External Hard Disk Enclosure Question
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Originally Posted by alanbjames
Im thinking of buying this 4 port enclosure for some old drives i have laying around but i have 2 questions.
Will i be able to use this and have it seen as seperate drives?
Will i lose any of the data that is currently on the drives when i set the drives up in the enclosure?
Here is the link to the enclosure....
https://www.scan.co.uk/products/4-ba...and-esata-host |
Had you bothered to read the Product Overview.
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Each disk is then displayed as an individual drive
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You should not lose any content from the drives.
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27-04-2020, 16:47
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Re: External Hard Disk Enclosure Question
Cool, i know what im getting myself soon then woo hoo!
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04-05-2020, 00:31
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Re: External Hard Disk Enclosure Question
Just ordered this item so hopefully be here within 5 days.
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04-05-2020, 13:46
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Re: External Hard Disk Enclosure Question
If you have ordered it from Scan it will probably be 2 weeks, that what mine and few others delivery times have been due to the current situation.
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08-05-2020, 15:13
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Re: External Hard Disk Enclosure Question
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Originally Posted by alanbjames
Im thinking of buying this 4 port enclosure for some old drives i have laying around but i have 2 questions.
Will i be able to use this and have it seen as seperate drives?
Will i lose any of the data that is currently on the drives when i set the drives up in the enclosure?
Here is the link to the enclosure....
https://www.scan.co.uk/products/4-ba...and-esata-host |
I have one of those. You may have to fiddle with the settings, or you may not, can't remember!
Last edited by ThunderPants73; 08-05-2020 at 15:13.
Reason: Can't spell
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09-05-2020, 17:38
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Re: External Hard Disk Enclosure Question
I put in a WD Red 3TB, WD Green 2TB and an older Maxtor 320GB no fiddling and it found them all.
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09-05-2020, 18:25
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Re: External Hard Disk Enclosure Question
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I have one of those. You may have to fiddle with the settings, or you may not, can't remember!
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10-05-2020, 01:21
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Re: External Hard Disk Enclosure Question
Best £100 i've spent on computer parts in ages.
No fiddling, just fit the drives, power on and then it works.
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11-05-2020, 16:52
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Re: External Hard Disk Enclosure Question
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Its UPnP!
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Did you see the bit about 'or you may not, can't remember' ????
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15-05-2020, 14:26
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Re: External Hard Disk Enclosure Question
I'm somewhat late to this party but for anyone else who may want something like this in the future I can recommend these
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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15-05-2020, 20:53
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Re: External Hard Disk Enclosure Question
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Cheers, looks pretty good and takes 2.5 inch laptop drives as well !
Although it's somewhat ambiguous about supporting Linux or not. ?
Last edited by daveeb; 15-05-2020 at 20:56.
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15-05-2020, 21:30
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Re: External Hard Disk Enclosure Question
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Cheers, looks pretty good and takes 2.5 inch laptop drives as well !
Although it's somewhat ambiguous about supporting Linux or not. ?
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Where's the ambiguity?
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Supports Plug and Play - NO reboot or driver required on Windows Vista/7/8.x/10, Mac OS X 10.3 to 10.10; and Hot Swapping - Plug or unplug while your PC is running without slowdown or file corruption. NOT suitable for Linux.
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15-05-2020, 21:32
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Re: External Hard Disk Enclosure Question
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Where's the ambiguity?
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But does that only apply to hot swapping?
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