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USB lead to connect external HD
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Morning all,I have ordered a Hard Drive Transfer Case (a caddie) to use my old PC drive as an external,( to store a footprint of my new PC, as recommended by Seagate) Can someone please tell me of a site from which I can order a drive/usb cable to be able to connect the drive to my PC. I have tried 'googling' but keep getting confused ! (it's an age thing!!!) Any guidance much appreciated
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BTW, what on earth would make somebody order anything from a site which has such wonderful examples of English on it, such as...
"Are you looking for a durable and usable HDD Enclosure ? If you do, you have got the right place! "
They also have no contact info on their site but judging by the language used on the site, they are probably based somewhere like China.
Why not buy a external caddy from a reputable seller in the UK that can actually describe the products correctly.
"Are you looking for a durable and usable HDD Enclosure ? If you do, you have got the right place! "
They also have no contact info on their site but judging by the language used on the site, they are probably based somewhere like China.
Why not buy a external caddy from a reputable seller in the UK that can actually describe the products correctly.
As Chuck says, it looks very much like you have bought one of these: http://
If so, then it isn't what you think it is. There's no USB cable with it because it fits inside your PC.
What you need is something like this: Amazon.co.uk User Recommendation
If so, then it isn't what you think it is. There's no USB cable with it because it fits inside your PC.
What you need is something like this: Amazon.co.uk User Recommendation
I'm now curious as to what you're intending to do, and especially what Seagate mean by "store a footprint of your new PC". I'm assuming that they mean that you will use Seagate backup software to create an image of the new machine's hard disk once you have everything installed and configured the way you want it so that you can revert to this should anything ever go wrong.
And if you are intending to create an image of the drive using the seagate tools you may find you have a problem restoring the image in the event of a problem in the future due to the fact the seagate drive tools will only work if there is a seagate drive in the system.
You'd be far better off using generic software rather than hardware dependent software.
You'd be far better off using generic software rather than hardware dependent software.
Absolutely! I've used Acronis for years without a single problem: http://
Hi,all, I bought a1TB Seagate Memeo External as a back up, unfortunately I didn't configure it properly on set up, I set it up to back up ALL instead of just My Documents/My Pictures., so it has been trying to back up ALL including the program info on the C drive. Seagate have told me how to re-format the memeo drive and have suggested that I take a 'footprint' of my PC, before I go ahead with the reformatting. I will of course be getting my Friend from my ISP to do this for me. I will use the drive from my old PC to do this so needed a caddie but misinterpreted what I needed to buy. Should have let him do it all from the start,but as he was away I thought I could do it myself ,Wrong!!!!!!
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