Well then, OK button. Thanks for settin me straight. Lino Morales and Louie Lab Email and Windows Live Messenger: [email protected] Skype lino_and_louie Twitter: www.twitter.com/lino_and_louie For Blind Christian Men, visit: http://morales-family.lljfm.net/mailman/listinfo/blindmen4christ_morales-family to subscribe to Blind Men For Christ. And check out our site at: www.lljfm.net where you'll find our blog and other links. ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Ferrin" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, June 05, 2009 2:49 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Question about USB drive boxes
No that's another animal all together. David Ferrin Life is a work in progress ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lino Morales" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, June 05, 2009 2:41 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Question about USB drive boxes Could you use a USB hub to do the same thing? Just throwing out suggestions here. Your bro in Christ, Lino Morales and Louie Lab Email and Windows Live Messenger: [email protected] Skype lino_and_louie Twitter: www.twitter.com/lino_and_louie For Blind Christian Men, visit: http://morales-family.lljfm.net/mailman/listinfo/blindmen4christ_morales-family to subscribe to Blind Men For Christ. And check out our site at: www.lljfm.net where you'll find our blog and other links. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Justice" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, June 05, 2009 3:43 AM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Question about USB drive boxes Hi Mark, Unless you are intent on having several external hard drives, I have an alternative for you to consider. You can purchase an adapter that will allow you to copy the data from your external drives via USB connection to a larger hard drive in your computer. Of course, I would recommend to anyone that they have at least one external hard drive with a larger capacity than the one in their computer for data backup purposes. I'll dig up the info on the adapter and post it later, if you are interested. HTH, Richard Q. Justice-website owner www.blind-computing.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, June 05, 2009 2:39 AM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Question about USB drive boxes Hi Richard, Yes, I have several old hard drives from computers I have owned. It seemed unreasonable to hang on to the entire computer when the data I wanted was on the hard drive. So, I pulled the drives and decided that I should get to converting the data over to CD or something that I will be able to access. So, I know very little about the drives themselves. It sounds like I need to buy a drive box for both ide, and ata. This way I would have all the bases covered. It is amazing that all the contents of these hard rives could be placed on one of the more modern hard drives. Even better I won't need to copy over the operating systems. That should save some room. I appreciate any insights on my project. God bless, Mark -- Currently in Pendleton, Eastern Oregon Regional At Pendleton, Oregon Clear, 59.0°F Wind:S-190° at 14mph ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Justice" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2009 6:29 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Question about USB drive boxes Hi Mark, ide, and ata, one in the same, have a 2 inch data cable plug. This is what it sounds like you have. Are you taking these drives out of another computer? HTH, Richard Q. Justice-website owner www.blind-computing.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2009 8:52 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Question about USB drive boxes Hi Richard, Thank you for the information. I actually do have another question. How do I know which type of hard drives I have? The only thing I really know about the connections is that the data cable is about an inch and a half across. They also take a separate power plug. Thank you for the help. God bless, Mark -- Currently in Pendleton, Eastern Oregon Regional At Pendleton, Oregon Clear, 82.0°F Wind:NNE-020° at 16mph ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Justice" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2009 2:05 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Question about USB drive boxes Hi Mark, These words you are reading, ide, ata, sata, and fire-wire, are referring to the type of connection the internal hard drive uses when installed in a computer. If you are using the older drives such as the ide and ata, then that is the type of enclosure you want to get. USB, is the type of connection that the enclosure will use to connect to the computer externally. The reason you need to know what type of connection you have is, the enclosure uses a bridge to make the transition from the drive to the USB connection If you have any more questions, just sing out. HTH, Richard Q. Justice-website owner www.blind-computing.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2009 12:02 PM Subject: [Blind-Computing] Question about USB drive boxes Hi I was looking at USB hard drive boxes on E-Bay today. These are the ones where one installs the hard drive of their choice in to the drive box and then one can plug the hard drive in to a USB port. It seems to me that I had heard their are several types of these boxes and I am not sure what I need to be compatible with the older 3.5 inch 20 MB and higher hard drives. I am reading terms like IDE and other things I do not understand. Any advice is appreciated. God bless, Mark -- Currently in Pendleton, Eastern Oregon Regional At Pendleton, Oregon Clear, 66.9°F Wind:Calm Drive carefully. It's not only cars that can be recalled by their maker. 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