[Novalug] SATA power adapter

[Miguel Gonzalez Castaños]

My unit looks like the one in the picture, so I guess I dont have that 
plastic thing...

Thanks!

Miguel

Igor Birman escribió:
> 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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