how to make a internal hdd external hdd - Page 2

ymhatre · 02-04-2006, 06:25 PM

READING ALL THIS Stuff was cool..
But guys can these HDD be used as PLUG N PLAY devices...
I just like removable drives or pen drive...
Also Does SATA HDD supports Plug n play..
i mean i can remove sata cable out frm the rear pannel..
Aslo power cable can be removed out frm the same ..
when evr i want i can just plug n play the HDD...
BUt this is ALL about IF n BUTS..

Eazy · 03-04-2006, 08:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ymhatre

READING ALL THIS Stuff was cool..
But guys can these HDD be used as PLUG N PLAY devices...
I just like removable drives or pen drive...
Also Does SATA HDD supports Plug n play..
i mean i can remove sata cable out frm the rear pannel..
Aslo power cable can be removed out frm the same ..
when evr i want i can just plug n play the HDD...
BUt this is ALL about IF n BUTS..

YUP the drives work as PnP devices - only thing is you should not just unplug the drive but disconnect it from the system first by clicking on icon in systray. Need to do this so all data in memory buffers gets written to drive before it is disconnected from system. I hear this is necessary even before disconnecting pen drives and Card Readers.

@yogi7272 - I have used drives of various brands and sizes connected to the USB cases and cables - from a Toshiba 850mb to a Maxtor 250GB. I have a Toshiba Seagate Hitachi and MAxtor and all work fine.

@sabman - Some cases come with a fan built in and these keep the drive cooler - I have used a HDD in a USB case for a couple of hours - this was a Maxtor 250GB and the case was quite warm - I am sure the drive would have been hot. I think the way to go for long time use is to use a USB cable instead. This will leave the HDD in the open to be externally cooled.

The advantage of using external drives is obviously portability - meaning that you can attach same drive to many computers - and if you use a USB Cable than you can attach a CD or DVD writer to any computer or Notebook.

Downside is SPEED - I found that the same drive connected directly to the computer was twice as fast as when it was connected via a USB2 port.

yogi7272 · 03-04-2006, 01:24 PM

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this is a nice solution to make any hdd or odd drive function externally..

i have burned cds with cd writer upto 48 x with this cable and its worked fine .. haven't tried any dvd writer but it should work .. i got this for 375 rs at lamington road .. so anybody looking for a such a solution do consider this product .. 8)

casanova · 04-04-2006, 06:03 PM

I am getting a delayed read/write error.

Also, at times, it shows empty folders with no data, even though i am gbs of dat in that folder. I exchanged my usb casing for a usb cable as my hdd was not being detected in Usb casing (I donno y??) and also it was heating a lot, even though there was no access to the HDD.

Any help to prevent the delayed read/write error.

casanova · 04-04-2006, 06:57 PM

I am getting a delayed read/write error.

Also, at times, it shows empty folders with no data, even though i am gbs of dat in that folder. I exchanged my usb casing for a usb cable as my hdd was not being detected in Usb casing (I donno y??) and also it was heating a lot, even though there was no access to the HDD.

Any help to prevent the delayed read/write error.

Eazy · 05-04-2006, 12:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by casanova

I am getting a delayed read/write error.

Also, at times, it shows empty folders with no data, even though i am gbs of dat in that folder. I exchanged my usb casing for a usb cable as my hdd was not being detected in Usb casing (I donno y??) and also it was heating a lot, even though there was no access to the HDD.

Any help to prevent the delayed read/write error.

I have this problem with one USB case when I use a HDD larger than 120GB in it. I think the controller in the case/cable cannot handle drives larger than 127GB. Maybe your case/cable has a similar problem - if you want to confirm if this is the problem with your case/cable partition your HDD at 125 GB and then write to the first partition and you will have no problems filling it up - the moment you cross the 127GB area on the second partition you should get the same errors - I did

casanova · 05-04-2006, 05:12 PM

The hdd I am conecting to the usb cable is only 60GB partitioned into two drives of size 10gb and 45gb.

Eazy · 05-04-2006, 06:03 PM

Do you have a problem with writing to both partitions ? If the first partition is the 10Gb one and it has no problems then check if the HDD has the jumper set for limitting size to 32GB. All PATA drives have this jumper option for compability with old OS's. There is a limitation of 127GB and also 32GB - it could be possible that you have run into problems with the 32GB limitation. You can try make the first partition 32GB and the balance space as the second partition - if you have run into this limitation problem of the 32GB then you will not be able to format the balance space - that is 33 to 60 GB.

When I got this error I did a search for an answer via Google and I came across many suggestions but none worked for me.