So a friend gave me his 750GB Seagate Barracuda ES Hard Drive so I can copy files from it. He told me that a way to transfer the files is by opening my PC because is way faster than USB. The problem is that I don't have a PC. Only a white Macbook and HP laptop. Is there any other way?
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How to transfer files from SATA hard drive to my macbook?
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Buy one of the multiple USB hard drive dock products on the market.
Something like http://www.amazon.com/Thermaltake-BlacX-eSATA-Docking-Station/dp/B001A4HAFS
Something like http://www.amazon.com/Thermaltake-BlacX-eSATA-Docking-Station/dp/B001A4HAFS
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You could get an external HDD enclosure for 3.5" HDDs with a USB port.
They should be around 20.
They should be around 20.
Thanks for the fast response! Would the transfer speed decrease?
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Well, as you've told us absolutely nothing about it I was concentrating on the MacBook. What, exact, ports and slots do you have on the HP.
Complete details of my HP Laptop:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/...3863&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN
5-in-1 integrated Digital Media Reader for Secure Digital cards, MultiMedia cards, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, or xD Picture cards
3 Universal Serial Bus USB 2.0
1 VGA (15-pin)
1 RJ-11 (modem)
1 TV-Out (S-video)
1 RJ -45 (LAN)
2 headphone-out
1 microphone-in
1 notebook expansion port 3
1 IEEE 1394 Firewire (4-pin)
1 Consumer IR
ergo USB or Firewire 400, but as that will add the cost of the enclosure, USB will suffice.
The difference is 10MB/s at most.
750GB with USB at 30MB/s will take 406min (6.8hrs) to transfer.
3 Universal Serial Bus USB 2.0
1 VGA (15-pin)
1 RJ-11 (modem)
1 TV-Out (S-video)
1 RJ -45 (LAN)
2 headphone-out
1 microphone-in
1 notebook expansion port 3
1 IEEE 1394 Firewire (4-pin)
1 Consumer IR
ergo USB or Firewire 400, but as that will add the cost of the enclosure, USB will suffice.
The difference is 10MB/s at most.
750GB with USB at 30MB/s will take 406min (6.8hrs) to transfer.
I bought the HD docking station from your link but is transferring at 20MB/s with USB
I bought the HD docking station from your link but is transferring at 20MB/s with USB
It's not my link, but some USB devices have poor chipsets and thus offer abysmal speed.
My 2.5" external enclosures (four) offer 30-35MB/s with 5400RPM drives in there (1x232GiB, 3x465GiB).