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USB external HDD convert to SATA possible?
I bought an HD PVR and they use a SATA port to connect an external HDD
instead of USB for extra storage space. I have 5 external USB HDDs and would rather use one of those than having to buy a new external SATA HDD. I looked on NCIX for such a converter and can't find one. Is there such a converter? |
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USB external HDD convert to SATA possible?
Previously Dave Seven wrote:
I bought an HD PVR and they use a SATA port to connect an external HDD instead of USB for extra storage space. I have 5 external USB HDDs and would rather use one of those than having to buy a new external SATA HDD. I looked on NCIX for such a converter and can't find one. Is there such a converter? Not possible without implementing a full bridge. USB needs a master on the other side. Such a converter would basically need to be a computer that emulates an SATA drive on the other side. Bottom line: While there may be such converters, expect to pay several hundred or more USD/EUR and expect them to be the size of a small industrial PC. Also expect problems when using them. Arno |
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USB external HDD convert to SATA possible?
On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 03:50:23 GMT, Dave Seven
put finger to keyboard and composed: I bought an HD PVR and they use a SATA port to connect an external HDD instead of USB for extra storage space. I have 5 external USB HDDs and would rather use one of those than having to buy a new external SATA HDD. I looked on NCIX for such a converter and can't find one. Is there such a converter? Maybe one of your external USB HDDs has a SATA HDD inside, in which case you could just buy an external SATA enclosure and transfer one of your HDDs to it. - Franc Zabkar -- Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email. |
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USB external HDD convert to SATA possible?
Dave Seven wrote:
I bought an HD PVR and they use a SATA port to connect an external HDD instead of USB for extra storage space. I have 5 external USB HDDs and would rather use one of those than having to buy a new external SATA HDD. I looked on NCIX for such a converter and can't find one. Is there such a converter? No need to buy an entire external HDD system, just buy a new enclosure with an eSATA connector already included on it. And then you can transfer the hard drive inside one of your USB-only enclosures into the new enclosure. However, there is one solution I've seen. It seems to be something that'll convert SATA into USB, but I'm not sure if it can convert a USB into a SATA. Your best bet is to get a new enclosure with the eSATA already built in. usb to sata usb hub http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives...h_usb_hub.html Yousuf Khan |
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USB external HDD convert to SATA possible?
Yousuf Khan wrote
Dave Seven wrote: I bought an HD PVR and they use a SATA port to connect an external HDD instead of USB for extra storage space. I have 5 external USB HDDs and would rather use one of those than having to buy a new external SATA HDD. I looked on NCIX for such a converter and can't find one. Is there such a converter? No need to buy an entire external HDD system, just buy a new enclosure with an eSATA connector already included on it. And then you can transfer the hard drive inside one of your USB-only enclosures into the new enclosure. Whether that works or not depends on whether the existing external USB HDDs have sata drives in them or not. It wont work if they have PATA drives in them and most of the older ones will have PATA drives. However, there is one solution I've seen. It seems to be something that'll convert SATA into USB, Its just what external USB HDDs have in them, without the box and with an extra passive USB hub. but I'm not sure if it can convert a USB into a SATA. No it wont, it only does the other way. Your best bet is to get a new enclosure with the eSATA already built in. That will only work if the existing USB HDDs have SATA drives in them. usb to sata usb hub http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives...h_usb_hub.html |
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USB external HDD convert to SATA possible?
Previously Yousuf Khan wrote:
Dave Seven wrote: I bought an HD PVR and they use a SATA port to connect an external HDD instead of USB for extra storage space. I have 5 external USB HDDs and would rather use one of those than having to buy a new external SATA HDD. I looked on NCIX for such a converter and can't find one. Is there such a converter? No need to buy an entire external HDD system, just buy a new enclosure with an eSATA connector already included on it. And then you can transfer the hard drive inside one of your USB-only enclosures into the new enclosure. However, there is one solution I've seen. It seems to be something that'll convert SATA into USB, but I'm not sure if it can convert a USB into a SATA. Your best bet is to get a new enclosure with the eSATA already built in. usb to sata usb hub http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives...h_usb_hub.html Yousuf Khan Unlikely. SATA to USB is easy and oten needed. USB to SATA is very hard and rarely needed. Arno |
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USB external HDD convert to SATA possible?
Arno Wagner wrote in
Previously Dave Seven wrote: I bought an HD PVR and they use a SATA port to connect an external HDD instead of USB for extra storage space. I have 5 external USB HDDs and would rather use one of those than having to buy a new external SATA HDD. I looked on NCIX for such a converter and can't find one. Is there such a converter? Not possible without implementing a full bridge. USB needs a master on the other side. So do IDE or SATA or SCSI or... or ... or ... devices, take your pick. Such a converter would basically need to be a computer that emulates an SATA drive on the other side. Similarly that IDE to SCSI converters need to be a computer that emulates a SCSI drive on the other side, babblebot? Pity that IDE to SCSI converters are available in chip form anyway. Pity that SATA to IDE converters are available in chip form anyway too. Hey, there's even IDE to SATA converters, imagine that eh, they plonk a whole computer on those SATA drives. Bottom line: While there may be such converters, expect to pay several hundred or more USD/EUR and expect them to be the size of a small industrial PC. Bwahahah. Also expect problems when using them. Arno |
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USB external HDD convert to SATA possible?
Arno Wagner wrote in
Previously Yousuf Khan wrote: Dave Seven wrote: I bought an HD PVR and they use a SATA port to connect an external HDD instead of USB for extra storage space. I have 5 external USB HDDs and would rather use one of those than having to buy a new external SATA HDD. I looked on NCIX for such a converter and can't find one. Is there such a converter? No need to buy an entire external HDD system, just buy a new enclosure with an eSATA connector already included on it. And then you can transfer the hard drive inside one of your USB-only enclosures into the new enclosure. However, there is one solution I've seen. It seems to be something that'll convert SATA into USB, but I'm not sure if it can convert a USB into a SATA. Your best bet is to get a new enclosure with the eSATA already built in. usb to sata usb hub http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives...h_usb_hub.html Yousuf Khan Unlikely. SATA to USB is easy and oten needed. USB to SATA is very hard and rarely needed. No, really? http://www.addonics.com/products/io/aau2esa.asp Arno |
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USB external HDD convert to SATA possible?
Previously Squeeze wrote:
Arno Wagner wrote in Previously Dave Seven wrote: I bought an HD PVR and they use a SATA port to connect an external HDD instead of USB for extra storage space. I have 5 external USB HDDs and would rather use one of those than having to buy a new external SATA HDD. I looked on NCIX for such a converter and can't find one. Is there such a converter? Not possible without implementing a full bridge. USB needs a master on the other side. So do IDE or SATA or SCSI or... or ... or ... devices, take your pick. True for IDE and SATA, and consequentially the corresponding type of converter does not exist for the either. SCSI happens to be a multi-master bus, where every device can be master, if so inclined. In modern words, SCSI is Peer-to-Peer, while USB needs one fixed, dedicated master, has a hierachical structure and nothing happens without the single, fixed master. Such a converter would basically need to be a computer that emulates an SATA drive on the other side. Similarly that IDE to SCSI converters need to be a computer that emulates a SCSI drive on the other side, babblebot? Ahh, roddles the clueless. They are done in this way. But as SCSI supports very slow signalling, usually a slow 8 bit SoC is enough. Pity that IDE to SCSI converters are available in chip form anyway. Pity that SATA to IDE converters are available in chip form anyway too. SATA to IDE is simple, because of the same command-set, bust structure and bus arbitration. Hey, there's even IDE to SATA converters, imagine that eh, they plonk a whole computer on those SATA drives. So? Bottom line: While there may be such converters, expect to pay several hundred or more USD/EUR and expect them to be the size of a small industrial PC. Bwahahah. As usual: No clue, no arguments that withstand even quick scrutiny and a big mouth. Arno |
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USB external HDD convert to SATA possible?
Previously Squeeze wrote:
Arno Wagner wrote in Previously Yousuf Khan wrote: Dave Seven wrote: I bought an HD PVR and they use a SATA port to connect an external HDD instead of USB for extra storage space. I have 5 external USB HDDs and would rather use one of those than having to buy a new external SATA HDD. I looked on NCIX for such a converter and can't find one. Is there such a converter? No need to buy an entire external HDD system, just buy a new enclosure with an eSATA connector already included on it. And then you can transfer the hard drive inside one of your USB-only enclosures into the new enclosure. However, there is one solution I've seen. It seems to be something that'll convert SATA into USB, but I'm not sure if it can convert a USB into a SATA. Your best bet is to get a new enclosure with the eSATA already built in. usb to sata usb hub http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives...h_usb_hub.html Yousuf Khan Unlikely. SATA to USB is easy and oten needed. USB to SATA is very hard and rarely needed. No, really? http://www.addonics.com/products/io/aau2esa.asp This device is SATA to USB, not the other way round. Read the discussion. You are clueless as allways, rod. Arno |
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