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Drive Dock: Turn bare drives into floppies
MerleOne:
There are many different models like all those on http://www.usbgeek.com, S&H are low and I find them quite reliable. I admit though that the white dock shown by zridling is looking nicer !
Carol Haynes:
I have a similar 'cable' USB device which allows you to plug in IDE, SATA or laptop 2.5" IDE drives.
See http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000Q5YW76
Not the prettiest setup but quick and easy for connecting any drive quickly.
kyrathaba:
This product "complains" rather than "complies", but it seems to be touted as a feature ;D
mouser:
in some ways it's nice to have an all in one combining dock+usb+card reader, BUT this is often a path to pain, when one or more parts stops working well.
there are a ton of sata hard drive docks, and i personally think everyone should have one.
newegg is a good place to buy since the user reviews are excellent:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=sata+dock&x=0&y=0
kyrathaba:
I have an old Samsung SpinPoint 80Gb IDE drive that would do just fine for backing up my most important files (photos, C# projects, etc.) What I'd really like to find is an enclosure for it that offers one-touch backup of any directories on my laptop that I've specified.
I don't really care whether I'm dealing with firmware or software, but I'd just like to be able to stick this 80Gb HDD is a box, push a button, and it begins backing up "Pictures"... "Visual Studio Projects"... etc.
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