Any one use this Seagate 1TB BarraCuda SATA 6Gb/s 128MB Cache 2.5-Inch 7mm Internal Hard Drive

Test Results aka Proof of the pudding.

 

That's the type of cable you need (SATA to USB) - no external case required just plug it in. You may or may not need drivers to mount the drive depending on your OS. It's a handy cable to have - for example using Acronis (or other) to clone a HD to a SSD.

Here is a similar cable you can get for about 12 bux at Walmart:

 

I like the 40 and 44 pin, but why the need for a power brick when USB provides enough power? I've used cables like that several times.

 

@sec_monkey Even if the chart is close to being correct, this is really good data. I guess I know now why I haven't see many failures over the years; it's because personally I normally always use WDC...and will continue to do so after seeing this but I am currently using Samsung Solid State and truly doubt that I will ever go back to analog/plate drives, too spoiled now.

EDIT: To state the obvious and see if anyone has comment, the down side of using Solid State Drives is that if they go dead there is no chance to recover one's data that I know of (comments?), just a thought, but my approach is to keep good backups to cover this.

 

Ditto on what Sec_Monk said....well, I have never had one catch fire but by providing your own power source you are ensuring you get enough to drive it, at least that's what I have found.

 

Yes, thinking about it, I suppose it might be possible, certainly not cost effective right now but then again depends on the data. I suppose since were using memory chips on SSDs that all of them would not go bad at once, same like computer, more likely one would get a failure on a chip or a set of chips unless of course you get a short in the board but other variables in play also like how the data is written...anyway, don't want to take up people's time nor drift away too much from the original post but do PM if you do know and want to discuss it because I have not read on it at all.

 

'Knowledge is power', ghrit, and I am certainly too old and senile to remember everything so...so I rely on the computer to do hold all that information that my old turnip can't maintain on its own for the day that I need it. And, some information is priceless especially if you need it in a hurry, right? So, yeah, it could definitely be survival related. For example, SHTF scenario, kid gets sick with strep throat, no doc around and I can't remember which antibiotic is best for it...but my computer can.

 

Yup I'm back to doing things I haven't had time to do in years, that means undoing some rusty bolts.