• We’re currently investigating an issue related to the forum theme and styling that is impacting page layout and visual formatting. The problem has been identified, and we are actively working on a resolution. There is no impact to user data or functionality, this is strictly a front-end display issue. We’ll post an update once the fix has been deployed. Thanks for your patience while we get this sorted.

External SATA enclosure questions...somewhat technical

Cr0nJ0b

Golden Member
So I bought the Consus Eagle SATA enclosure from the egg on a whim, it was $22 with $22 rebate...so what the hell...

My question is...what exactly does the sata to usb chipset do?

The box takes the SATA on the inside and converts it to USB 2.0...but what does it do to the disk?

I have a couple of pretty full NTFS 500GB disks that would be nice to swap into the enclosre, but I don't want the chipset to stomp on the filesystem or otherwise mess with my data. Can I just swap drives into this with no issues, or will I get hosed?

Also, if I put this on my linux system, will the OS see it as NTFS and thus have issues, or is there some other abstraction going on?

thanks
 
Back
Top