Before anybody scolds me for repeat posts, I know I asked a similar question, but my reply question back has had no response, and would like to know before I plan my important data back up scheme.
I was informed in an earlier thread that I could use a usb to sata ide cable kit to connect a bare hard drive to a computer, so I would not need a bulky hard drive dock, or expensive screw in enclosures (my desktop space is limited & I like the kits portability)
some questions about these;
do they make a firewire version of these kits for faster transfers?
would using one of these kits be able to do an overnight backup of a bare hard drive connected to my computer? ie; do a backup of one hard drive to a bare hard drive connected via sata to usb cable only, with disk utility? would these work just as well as a dock? or a hard drive in an enclosure? as I am getting a collection of hard drives & getting enclosures for each one is a bit expensive.
I was informed in an earlier thread that I could use a usb to sata ide cable kit to connect a bare hard drive to a computer, so I would not need a bulky hard drive dock, or expensive screw in enclosures (my desktop space is limited & I like the kits portability)
some questions about these;
do they make a firewire version of these kits for faster transfers?
would using one of these kits be able to do an overnight backup of a bare hard drive connected to my computer? ie; do a backup of one hard drive to a bare hard drive connected via sata to usb cable only, with disk utility? would these work just as well as a dock? or a hard drive in an enclosure? as I am getting a collection of hard drives & getting enclosures for each one is a bit expensive.