But they started going away after the ZIP750 came out when folks started using the 650MB CDs. The ZIP750 never really caught on well, probably due to cost. I never had that one as the drives could read all the disks but couldn't write to the ZIP100 therefore couldn't erase/reuse.
@windowz123,
The cable you mentioned will not work with any 3.5" desktop type hard drive that I know of, they require a separate power supply.
The cable will work with a 2.5" laptop type hard drive, but it should not be used for regular use. It should only be used for very infrequent situations such as cloning the drive to a new one.
They do make cable only solutions for the 3.5" drives which includes power supplies (and it sounds like you might have found one), and those too should only be for extremely infrequent use.
You need either an enclosure, or a docking station.
Hmm.
I have a couple of systems that have USB 3.1 Gen 2 connectors on the motherboard and a 2 TB USB-NVMe external SSD - works very nicely.
It will also work with USB 3.0 but the speed advantage is basically gone.
FWIW.
Ok ok that's another device I didn't know existed, the NVMe enclosure for SSD. I never even thought about a system like that, learning plenty of new things today.
I can get speeds of about 140mb/sec using USB 3.1 and a 10$ 3.1 Usb key to copy from key to computer, not too bad. With a SSD I guess it must be much more then that. What kind of speed do you get @ Compumind?
Great avatar by the way, that Zeta Reticuli gray alien, soon, I'll fire up the TV and put on an Ancient Alien episode before I go to sleep
It's an USB 3.1 Gen 2 enclosure in which a NVMe Memory Stick in inserted. I get in excess of 900-950 MB/ps. Sometimes I even get 1.2 GB/ps.
I use a Sabrent device and there is also another by StarTech which is very nice. Look here...
USB Type-C Aluminum Enclosure for M.2 NVMe SSD in Gray (EC-NVME) – Sabrent
M.2 NVMe SSD Enclosure | PCIe SSDs | USB 3.1 Gen 2 (10 Gbps) USB-C | StarTech.com
As for a USB flash drive, it is significantly lower - you need a quality 3.1, Gen 2 device, like Samsung, etc. Price depends on capacity and vendor.
Here's what I use:
USB 3.1 Flash Drive DUO Plus 256GB Memory & Storage - MUF-256DB/AM | Samsung US
Hope this helps!
Last edited by Compumind; 29 Mar 2020 at 19:55.
Maybe it is 900 MB/s (bytes)? 900 mbps is equivalent to 112 MB/s, not very impressive.
Last edited by Anibor; 29 Mar 2020 at 19:20.
900 megabytes per seconds gee that's amazing transfer speed, here I am far from that.
The best I've seen in my new computer so far is a transfer between my SATA SSD and HDD at 240 megabytes per seconds stable, transferring a 100gb file, I was all hype about it.
It's not worth garbage
Thanks for the links Compumind and the link to the Samsung key too, i have heard before that these keys were among the best.. I should get one someday.
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