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Same as me, I have always found them very helpful, ring them up and ask what the problem may be.
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this is my hdd. is this sata I, II or III or whatever?
cause i saw on newegg there are different enclosures for different sata types
I'm looking for an USB 3.0 compatible enclosure..
I gived a look on amazon but in some reviews I found that some on OSX works only on usb 2.0 (cause of the firmware of that enclosures).
Can you suggest me one? I would spend not more than 40$ thx
i don't like them. i want a closed enclosure :/Get either:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00APP6694...=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B00APP6694
or
http://www.amazon.com/Plugable-Dock...=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B003UI62AG
Either one will give you all the speed that the drive you have can deliver when connected via USB3.
"i don't like them. i want a closed enclosure :/"
If you don't like them, don't buy them.
But you ASKED FOR recommendations on something that would work at USB3 and deliver full speeds.
The two docks I mentioned above will do exactly that.
Get either:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00APP6694...=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B00APP6694
or
http://www.amazon.com/Plugable-Dock...=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B003UI62AG
Either one will give you all the speed that the drive you have can deliver when connected via USB3.
The Hard Drive in my iMac 24" 2008 failed. I already installed a new one. I placed the old HD in an external enclosure, but nothing happened. After reading on forums, I replaced the card on the HD and now at least I know it is running because I can feel the movement on the enclosure something it did not do before. I connected it to my computer and I get this message: " The disk you installed was not readable by this machine". I tried disk utility and it only shows the USB icon and the info it shows is this: DISK DESCRIPTION: Media
CONNECTION BUS: USB
TOTAL CAPACITY: 0 Bytes
S.M.A.R.T. STATUS: Not Supported
PARTITION MAP SCHEDULE: Unformatted
WRITE STATUS: Read/Write
Any help?
The 0 bytes is a clue.
Almost all modern drives have minimal firmware on the actual controller board of the hard drive mechanism.
At power up, this bootstrap loader on the controller goes to a special region on the hard drive that loads complete firmware in order to make the drive functional. This special firmware is stored on the drive platters and reports the topology of the drive, and the info necessary for proper operation. Only the drive manufacturer and recovery specialists can access this special control track on the drive.
Inability to load that firmware will make your drive look like this.
If the data is important, give some consideration to professional data recovery.
"Hey guys - first post here. While researching External enclosures for a client that uses Lightroom/Raw and requires big space, I ran into something very interesting about the late 2012 macs and IvyBridge.
They now support UASP or USB Assisted SCSI protocal. You can google it and research, but it's a huge bump in transfer speed for USB3. It requires the external and system have a bridge that supports UAS."
Both of the plugable.com docks I mentioned in reply #32 above support UASP.
I have the plugable "lay-flat" dock connected to my 2012 Mac Mini. In it I use an Intel 520 series SSD, as my "external boot drive". I get read speeds of 410mbps and write speeds of 247mbps.
For an external USB3 drive enclosure or dock, look for either an
ASMedia 1051e controller chip
or an
ASMedia 1053 controller chip.
Either of these should support UASP.
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this is my hdd. is this sata I, II or III or whatever?
cause i saw on newegg there are different enclosures for different sata types
any help? thanks
I have a Masscool enclosure that houses the HD from my iMac. Works great and I've had it for over a year. I only run it at USB 2 speeds though, since my iMac is a 2010 model.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817388035
Get either:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00APP6694...=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B00APP6694
or
http://www.amazon.com/Plugable-Dock...=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B003UI62AG
Either one will give you all the speed that the drive you have can deliver when connected via USB3.