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[ale] OT. Dead harddrive on laptop
- Subject: [ale] OT. Dead harddrive on laptop
- From: rs at ale.spam.futz.org (Robert)
- Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 08:40:44 -0500
- In-reply-to: <[email protected]>
- References: <CAPp-GVJinrHm3UgN5uERgmuukZXPar927LmKA++GaU=gfRf5=Q@mail.gmail.com> <[email protected]>
>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.