[ale] OT. Dead harddrive on laptop

[Ron Frazier]

On 1/25/2012 8:40 AM, Robert wrote:
>> On 01/24/2012 11:30 AM, Cornelis van Dijk wrote:
>> If you want an external, fast drive, use eSATA. eSATA connections are exactly
>> the same performance as internal SATA connections. It has the same instruction
>> set. This is what the HDD data recovery and forensics guys use. eSATA docks are
>> cheap - like $20 cheap.
>>      
> One issue I've had with cheap docks (and enclosures), which usually combine
> eSATA and usb, is that they don't properly pass-through SMART data. The better
> docks not only pass SMART when connected via eSATA, but work over USB too.
>
>    

I've had good luck with Vantec enclosures in general.  Quality seems 
pretty good.  I cannot say for sure if they pass SMART data or not.

Ron

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