Comments on: Convert an Internal PATA IDE (Desktop) 3.5″ Hard disk to External USB Hard Disk http://www.chotocheeta.com/2007/10/21/convert-an-internal-pata-ide-desktop-35-hard-disk-to-external-usb-hard-disk/ I would try to share what I have learnt Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:05:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: jose http://www.chotocheeta.com/2007/10/21/convert-an-internal-pata-ide-desktop-35-hard-disk-to-external-usb-hard-disk/#comment-2854 jose Wed, 03 Sep 2008 04:03:13 +0000 http://www.chotocheeta.com/2007/10/21/convert-an-internal-pata-ide-desktop-35-hard-disk-to-external-usb-hard-disk/#comment-2854 hi i want to know that when i want to initialized the hdd it everytime say "the drive is not ready" until now i still cannot use. help thanks hi i want to know that when i want to initialized the hdd it everytime say “the drive is not ready” until now i still cannot use. help thanks

]]> By: kk http://www.chotocheeta.com/2007/10/21/convert-an-internal-pata-ide-desktop-35-hard-disk-to-external-usb-hard-disk/#comment-2836 kk Mon, 01 Sep 2008 16:46:41 +0000 http://www.chotocheeta.com/2007/10/21/convert-an-internal-pata-ide-desktop-35-hard-disk-to-external-usb-hard-disk/#comment-2836 URGENT How to boot from the hard drive after using enclosure??? URGENT
How to boot from the hard drive after using enclosure???

]]> By: partho http://www.chotocheeta.com/2007/10/21/convert-an-internal-pata-ide-desktop-35-hard-disk-to-external-usb-hard-disk/#comment-2803 partho Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:23:53 +0000 http://www.chotocheeta.com/2007/10/21/convert-an-internal-pata-ide-desktop-35-hard-disk-to-external-usb-hard-disk/#comment-2803 this is how my home (personal network setup) looks like (picture diagram): Phenom aka Opteron aka AMD's quad core 2.0 -~= AMD x2 2.8 ghz -~= AMD Athlon 64 2.8 ghz -~= P4 1.7 (williamate) -~= P2 233 mhz * 2 -~= P1 133 mhz * 3 - = bluetooth, ~ = traditional cat5 lan, = = wifi simple diagram [ opteron -~= x2 -~= Athlon 64 -~= p4 -~= p2 -~ p1 ] - openwrt on linksys * 2 (WRT54GL); Bluetooth PAND LAN; CAT5 UTP 1000 mbit LAN. p1/p2 works as routers and switches and gateways and firewall and vpn and radius when working in LAN/WLAN/PAND else a mono tower when browsing and "JUST 1 (one) monitor" and 2 laptops. ;-) zig-zag at times. hard drives? DONT ASK, its in TB's of storage, a huge power bill and 2 capless broadband connections each 1 mbps, developing linux related things. thus for me data is the CNS (central nervous system) so loosing data is like becoming nervous and panicky. :-p thats why the tip. hope it helps, than annoys. this is how my home (personal network setup) looks like (picture diagram):

Phenom aka Opteron aka AMD’s quad core 2.0 -~= AMD x2 2.8 ghz -~= AMD Athlon 64 2.8 ghz -~= P4 1.7 (williamate) -~= P2 233 mhz * 2 -~= P1 133 mhz * 3

- = bluetooth, ~ = traditional cat5 lan, = = wifi

simple diagram

[ opteron -~= x2 -~= Athlon 64 -~= p4 -~= p2 -~ p1 ] - openwrt on linksys * 2 (WRT54GL); Bluetooth PAND LAN; CAT5 UTP 1000 mbit LAN.

p1/p2 works as routers and switches and gateways and firewall and vpn and radius when working in LAN/WLAN/PAND else a mono tower when browsing and “JUST 1 (one) monitor” and 2 laptops. ;-) zig-zag at times.

hard drives? DONT ASK, its in TB’s of storage, a huge power bill and 2 capless broadband connections each 1 mbps, developing linux related things.

thus for me data is the CNS (central nervous system) so loosing data is like becoming nervous and panicky. :-p thats why the tip. hope it helps, than annoys.

]]> By: partho http://www.chotocheeta.com/2007/10/21/convert-an-internal-pata-ide-desktop-35-hard-disk-to-external-usb-hard-disk/#comment-2802 partho Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:57:41 +0000 http://www.chotocheeta.com/2007/10/21/convert-an-internal-pata-ide-desktop-35-hard-disk-to-external-usb-hard-disk/#comment-2802 that doesnt solve many issues. they are as follows. #1. there is no heat exhaust. when the hdd spins it generates a huge amount of heat most of the time the aluminum case is not what it is its made of plastic. and when hard plastic melts? it sticks on to the hdd. and the static noise from hdd spin from those high magnetic base ends makes it generate a LOAD of noise and they produce vibration which sometime helps the disk slide if the surface is smooth/slippery #2. the power supply is weak. its not optimised. and some hard drives require specific voltage as per the industry guidelines. and i lost my friggin 250 GB seagate drive. thanks to one such case and a stupid case mistake and i had to recover the data from a electronic hardware store where they charged me a heck a lot of money to recover the data. #3. they aint designed to be shockproof. so? if you drop it by slightest mistake? kiss it byeeeeee, thats history and spoilt american pie. #4. alternate solution? instead of spending cash like duckbucks? go for IDE/ATA/PATA to SATA connecting cables. they work on same voltage which is regulated by the SMPS so if your processor gets a burn black dont blame the manufacturer. because it gets a different voltage from other plug point. PC on PCI cards support 3.3/5.0 volts and there are bits specifications also. so? if you are making the thing "totka" mast? baapu aap jaldi pachataoge. the 32-bit and 16 bit PCI cards and both with 3.3 and 5.0 volts are not always measured the same by that power outlet. and second the old drives work more with 80 pin IDE cables and new ones outperform a 40 pin IDE cable and as you can see its an IDE cable with 40 pins. WTF man, dont you know? in a oneway the one can go oneway. even though its a bidirectional dataflow, but when stripping from 80 pin to a 40 pin? via IDE you will surely have some major issue. and even if you do have spare 80 pin how will you mux it to make'em both work with one board terminating node and other hdd pin terminating node. because you need to cross connect the cables. the pinning is not the same for 40-80 and pinning is really hectic. so? rather than for a MAGIC "BS (BOLD)" (BS=BULLSHIT) go and purchase sata - ide converter. for picture/photo? try here. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2-in-1-IDE-to-SATA-SATA-to-IDE-Converter-Adapter-B017_W0QQitemZ320291453278QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item320291453278&_trkparms=72%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14 ;-) rest is upto you. my 2 cents! that doesnt solve many issues. they are as follows.
#1. there is no heat exhaust. when the hdd spins it generates a huge amount of heat most of the time the aluminum case is not what it is its made of plastic. and when hard plastic melts? it sticks on to the hdd. and the static noise from hdd spin from those high magnetic base ends makes it generate a LOAD of noise and they produce vibration which sometime helps the disk slide if the surface is smooth/slippery
#2. the power supply is weak. its not optimised. and some hard drives require specific voltage as per the industry guidelines. and i lost my friggin 250 GB seagate drive. thanks to one such case and a stupid case mistake and i had to recover the data from a electronic hardware store where they charged me a heck a lot of money to recover the data.
#3. they aint designed to be shockproof. so? if you drop it by slightest mistake? kiss it byeeeeee, thats history and spoilt american pie.
#4. alternate solution? instead of spending cash like duckbucks? go for IDE/ATA/PATA to SATA connecting cables. they work on same voltage which is regulated by the SMPS so if your processor gets a burn black dont blame the manufacturer. because it gets a different voltage from other plug point. PC on PCI cards support 3.3/5.0 volts and there are bits specifications also. so? if you are making the thing “totka” mast? baapu aap jaldi pachataoge. the 32-bit and 16 bit PCI cards and both with 3.3 and 5.0 volts are not always measured the same by that power outlet. and second the old drives work more with 80 pin IDE cables and new ones outperform a 40 pin IDE cable and as you can see its an IDE cable with 40 pins. WTF man, dont you know? in a oneway the one can go oneway. even though its a bidirectional dataflow, but when stripping from 80 pin to a 40 pin? via IDE you will surely have some major issue. and even if you do have spare 80 pin how will you mux it to make’em both work with one board terminating node and other hdd pin terminating node. because you need to cross connect the cables. the pinning is not the same for 40-80 and pinning is really hectic. so? rather than for a MAGIC “BS (BOLD)” (BS=BULLSHIT) go and purchase sata - ide converter. for picture/photo? try here. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2-in-1-IDE-to-SATA-SATA-to-IDE-Converter-Adapter-B017_W0QQitemZ320291453278QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item320291453278&_trkparms=72%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14
;-) rest is upto you.
my 2 cents!

]]> By: abhishek http://www.chotocheeta.com/2007/10/21/convert-an-internal-pata-ide-desktop-35-hard-disk-to-external-usb-hard-disk/#comment-2520 abhishek Mon, 21 Jul 2008 08:35:00 +0000 http://www.chotocheeta.com/2007/10/21/convert-an-internal-pata-ide-desktop-35-hard-disk-to-external-usb-hard-disk/#comment-2520 hi i will like to know thAT i have a 250gb seagate ide drive suggest me a good n cheap USB casing for it i want to use it with my laptop hi i will like to know thAT i have a 250gb seagate ide drive
suggest me a good n cheap USB casing for it
i want to use it with my laptop

]]> By: Lokesh Bhagwani http://www.chotocheeta.com/2007/10/21/convert-an-internal-pata-ide-desktop-35-hard-disk-to-external-usb-hard-disk/#comment-2486 Lokesh Bhagwani Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:46:14 +0000 http://www.chotocheeta.com/2007/10/21/convert-an-internal-pata-ide-desktop-35-hard-disk-to-external-usb-hard-disk/#comment-2486 Hi i have seagate 40 GB HDD, Casing and a laptop can you tell me how can i make this 40 GB hdd boot from that laptop and would like to run my laptop using this Hard Disk and Casing. I don't have the driver cd which came with the casing could you please help Lokesh Hi
i have seagate 40 GB HDD, Casing and a laptop can you tell me how can i make this 40 GB hdd boot from that laptop and would like to run my laptop using this Hard Disk and Casing. I don’t have the driver cd which came with the casing could you please help

Lokesh

]]> By: jineesh http://www.chotocheeta.com/2007/10/21/convert-an-internal-pata-ide-desktop-35-hard-disk-to-external-usb-hard-disk/#comment-1867 jineesh Tue, 03 Jun 2008 12:21:25 +0000 http://www.chotocheeta.com/2007/10/21/convert-an-internal-pata-ide-desktop-35-hard-disk-to-external-usb-hard-disk/#comment-1867 i hav a 40 gb ide hdd i m making it external thank u 4 ur advice i hav a 40 gb ide hdd i m making it external
thank u 4 ur advice

]]> By: Choto Cheeta http://www.chotocheeta.com/2007/10/21/convert-an-internal-pata-ide-desktop-35-hard-disk-to-external-usb-hard-disk/#comment-1682 Choto Cheeta Mon, 12 May 2008 17:00:29 +0000 http://www.chotocheeta.com/2007/10/21/convert-an-internal-pata-ide-desktop-35-hard-disk-to-external-usb-hard-disk/#comment-1682 Hello Jamshid This is just to confirm you, the casing from brands like Techcom / Frontech is Rs. 450/- for IDE where as Rs. 550-600 for SATA HDDs None of them comes with any warranty !! Hello Jamshid

This is just to confirm you, the casing from brands like Techcom / Frontech is Rs. 450/- for IDE where as Rs. 550-600 for SATA HDDs

None of them comes with any warranty !!

]]> By: Jamshid http://www.chotocheeta.com/2007/10/21/convert-an-internal-pata-ide-desktop-35-hard-disk-to-external-usb-hard-disk/#comment-1680 Jamshid Mon, 12 May 2008 14:22:51 +0000 http://www.chotocheeta.com/2007/10/21/convert-an-internal-pata-ide-desktop-35-hard-disk-to-external-usb-hard-disk/#comment-1680 I looked for the casing but it seems to cost above INR 1000. I think it's better to buy a new HDD for just INR 1700 rather than buying a casing of Rs. 1000! or atleast use the existing hard disk... Thanks I looked for the casing but it seems to cost above INR 1000.

I think it’s better to buy a new HDD for just INR 1700 rather than buying a casing of Rs. 1000! or atleast use the existing hard disk…

Thanks

]]> By: Niraj Pathak http://www.chotocheeta.com/2007/10/21/convert-an-internal-pata-ide-desktop-35-hard-disk-to-external-usb-hard-disk/#comment-1448 Niraj Pathak Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:14:25 +0000 http://www.chotocheeta.com/2007/10/21/convert-an-internal-pata-ide-desktop-35-hard-disk-to-external-usb-hard-disk/#comment-1448 from where i can get this magic BOX? from where i can get this magic BOX?

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