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mSATA to USB or eSATA?

AlexAL

AlexAL

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This is the nerd in me coming out, but I am contemplating several models of 'fatty' ultrabooks to replace the dinosaur. If the laptop would have only one mSATA and one SATA connector for storage, and I were to replace the 128Gb mSATA with a 256Gb, is there a cable from mSATA to USB2.0/3.0 or eSATA available somewhere for sale? I would hate to have an SSD just gathering dust around the house.
 
hhhd1 said:
this is for mini-sata, not msata, which i believe are different.
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There's a mini-sata and a msata? Ugh, I'll need to dig deeper into this. I'm looking at stuff like the new Gigabyte u2442N, since there is no way to get it without the 128Gb mSATA.
 
I found this topic looking for a solution for me (for transfer data from msata ssd to usb3), I will try help hoping not to err...
Your ssd is msata or mini sata, this instead is a micro sata female connector:
http://i.imgur.com/QeQ7r.jpg and generally is for disk 1.8".
The solution that I'm studying is: this + this + an OCZ mSATA Nocti Series, but still do not know if it will work...
Other alternative could be this , but it's not available in my country.
Best regards and sorry if my English is not perfect...
 
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torr3nt said:
I found this topic looking for a solution for me (for transfer data from msata ssd to usb3), I will try help hoping not to err...
Your ssd is msata or mini sata, this instead is a micro sata female connector:
http://i.imgur.com/QeQ7r.jpg and generally is for disk 1.8".
The solution that I'm studying is: this + this + an OCZ mSATA Nocti Series, but still do not know if it will work...
Other alternative could be this , but it's not available in my country.
Best regards and sorry if my English is not perfect...
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It looks like both solutions would work, the first for around $30 and the second for $40, before shipping. We are talking USB3.0 here, so that explains the higher cost a bit. The second option from the chinese store looks like the Taiwanese shop that sells all those eGPU solutions via expresscard. At least we know they are probably legit.

So thanks for offering your input, even more as it seems like you registered just to make this post.
 
In the great confusion of the form factor SATA I can just add to make attention that often indicate equal the mini and slim sata that is for devices similar to the internal ODD slim... but where is the truth? 😕
byebye
 
Was searching for the same thing I know the post is old but a new product just came out that is perfect for upgrading, cloning, and storing mSATA SSD's.

MyDigitalSSD Bullet Proof USB 3.0 mSATA SSD Enclosure Adapter - MDMS-BP-USB3

http://www.amazon.com/MyDigitalSSD-B.../dp/B00AYIDDMA

I just got mine today and it made it super easy for cloning my tablet to a new mSATA drive and now I have a place to store the old 64GB mSATA🙂
 
AlexAL said:
This is the nerd in me coming out, but I am contemplating several models of 'fatty' ultrabooks to replace the dinosaur. If the laptop would have only one mSATA and one SATA connector for storage, and I were to replace the 128Gb mSATA with a 256Gb, is there a cable from mSATA to USB2.0/3.0 or eSATA available somewhere for sale? I would hate to have an SSD just gathering dust around the house.
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eSATA is same speed as your internal hard drive . 100mbps

USB would give 30mbps

mSATA is mobile sata.

gl
 
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