Re: detecting hdd on usb cable

2008-01-08 Thread Ron Johnson
On 01/08/08 13:08, Andrew Henry wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: On 01/08/08 12:37, Andrew Henry wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: ATA converter cable? Where does the power come from? I've only heard of HDDs in external USB enclosures. The fact that it works on WinXP should've given you a clue :) Not

Re: detecting hdd on usb cable

2008-01-08 Thread Andrew Henry
Ron Johnson wrote: > On 01/08/08 12:37, Andrew Henry wrote: >> Ron Johnson wrote: >>> ATA converter cable? Where does the power come from? >>> >>> I've only heard of HDDs in external USB enclosures. >>> >>> >> The fact that it works on WinXP should've given you a clue :) > > Not really, since I'

Re: detecting hdd on usb cable

2008-01-08 Thread Ron Johnson
On 01/08/08 12:37, Andrew Henry wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: ATA converter cable? Where does the power come from? I've only heard of HDDs in external USB enclosures. The fact that it works on WinXP should've given you a clue :) Not really, since I'm not clued in to each and every USB adapte

Re: detecting hdd on usb cable

2008-01-08 Thread Andrew Henry
Ron Johnson wrote: > > ATA converter cable? Where does the power come from? > > I've only heard of HDDs in external USB enclosures. > > The fact that it works on WinXP should've given you a clue :) It has a seperate power cable that plugs straight into the wall outlet. --andrew -- GnuPG Key

Re: detecting hdd on usb cable

2008-01-07 Thread Scott Gifford
Andrew Henry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have connected a laptop hdd to another laptop using a usb to ata > converter cable. The laptop has an sata drive and the internal drive i > have hanging off the usb cable is ata, and "fdisk -l" does not recognise > the device at all, but WinXP does see

Re: detecting hdd on usb cable

2008-01-07 Thread Ron Johnson
On 01/07/08 14:43, Andrew Henry wrote: I have connected a laptop hdd to another laptop using a usb to ata converter cable. The laptop has an sata drive and the internal drive i have hanging off the usb cable is ata, and "fdisk -l" does not recognise the device at all, but WinXP does see it OK wh