[Novalug] SATA power adapter

[Jay Hart]

Have you tried Microcenter?

Jay

> Hi,
>
>   I've cloned a huge partition (500 Gb) using dd, split and gzip into an
> external USB drive. Now I need to restore that image into a SATA drive.
> I have an universal USB adapter for ATA/SATA, 2.5" and 3.5" drives like
> this:
>
> http://www.usbgeek.com/prod_detail.php?prod_id=0383
>
> Unfortunately it seems the SATA power adapter doesn't work. I can't find
> any server with internal SATA controllers. It is a long story, but I
> don't even have any hot-pluggable case where I could put this drive into
> a RAID controller that I have.
>
> Anyway, what I try to find in a local store in the DC or Baltimore area
> is this:
>
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812104652
>
> I don't want to wait several days to get this from any internet shop.
>
> If you know where I can get this or how I can plug the drive into the
> RAID, let me know, please
>
> Thanks,
>
> Miguel
>
>
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