[Novalug] SATA power adapter

[Igor Birman]

Here's one I found on the Internet:

http://www.mysuperpc.com/build/sata_hard_drive_connectors_jumpers_2.jpg

The molex power connector is on the right.  Many drives have a piece of plastic in front of this that you can just pry off...

Igor

Miguel Gonzalez Castaños <miguel_3_gonzalez at yahoo.es> wrote: Can you send a picture of what you are talking about? I don't think that 
I have this, but just in case

Thanks!

Miguel

Igor Birman escribió:
> Take another look at the drive - many SATA drives still have the 
> regular molex connector still on them, it is just behind a little 
> plastic panel that you can remove.  The newest drives no longer have 
> this, but take a look anyway.
>
> Igor
>
> */Miguel Gonzalez Castaños /* wrote:
>
>     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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