Comments on: NewerTechnology’s USB to hard drive adapter http://gigaom.com/mobile/newertechnology/ Sat, 26 May 2012 02:44:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Eric http://gigaom.com/mobile/newertechnology/#comment-45028 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:49:39 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2006/06/08/newertechnology#comment-45028 Is there anything that goes the other way? Is it possible to use some of my flash drives as a hard drive?

]]> By: John Sawyer http://gigaom.com/mobile/newertechnology/#comment-45029 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:57:50 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2006/06/08/newertechnology#comment-45029 Interesting that this web site wiped out the text of Tim’s comment from Aug 29 2007, and replaced it with mine that I posted a short time ago today, and then posted a blank comment with my name appended.

]]> By: john Sawyer http://gigaom.com/mobile/newertechnology/#comment-45030 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:48:37 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2006/06/08/newertechnology#comment-45030 The article doesn’t say anything about frying drives, but some comments appended to the article do, linking the problem to possibly being caused by the power supply issue that is mentioned in the article.

]]> By: Tim http://gigaom.com/mobile/newertechnology/#comment-45031 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 06:00:03 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2006/06/08/newertechnology#comment-45031 The article said nothing about ruining your hard drive. What it did say was that on a couple models it didn’t get enough power from the computers USB ports and recommended a powered USB hub. Perhaps if I tried using my hard drive as a Frisbee or Boomerang, or maybe a Pinata…..

]]> By: XL http://gigaom.com/mobile/newertechnology/#comment-45032 Mon, 30 Apr 2007 13:14:54 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2006/06/08/newertechnology#comment-45032 DO NOT BUT THIS! IT WILL RUIN YOUR DRIVE!

See http://www.macobserver.com/review/2007/02/20.1.shtml for details. There are other people at Macnn that have also had this problem.

]]> By: SonSon http://gigaom.com/mobile/newertechnology/#comment-45033 Tue, 13 Jun 2006 15:57:12 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2006/06/08/newertechnology#comment-45033 on the newertech website it says it includes a Driver CD, but i didnt get 1, did anyone else?

]]> By: Northern_Rebel http://gigaom.com/mobile/newertechnology/#comment-45034 Mon, 12 Jun 2006 14:09:50 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2006/06/08/newertechnology#comment-45034 I got my adapter in the mail today so quick review.
I tryed a couple of laptop hard drives, a PC DVDROM,
and a PC hard drive. All worked fine. I don’t have
any serial ATA devices to test with but all the
cabling is included. The included AC adapter for
powering your PC devices is small and light.

Guys will love this one… There are no directions!
I know everyting is plug and play but I would have
expected to see a warning telling you to connect
your external device before pluging in the USB
connector. Maybe there is a built in safety in the
connector but I’m not testing that out. No static
warnings either.

I’m going to need a small bag to keep everything
together. Product looks well put together and
functions as expected. Lack of documentation is a big
negative though. A small peice of paper or a few
inches of space on the box would help set my mind at
ease.

8 out of 10

NR

]]> By: John http://gigaom.com/mobile/newertechnology/#comment-45035 Thu, 08 Jun 2006 15:35:16 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2006/06/08/newertechnology#comment-45035 JK,

Thanks for the info.

A quick question for everyone: How do safely handle the hard drive to protect it from static schocks or other potential harm to the bare drive?

Thank you in advance,
John

]]> By: Sierra Modro http://gigaom.com/mobile/newertechnology/#comment-45036 Thu, 08 Jun 2006 14:58:28 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2006/06/08/newertechnology#comment-45036 I love this idea! 3 minutes from see this to pressing Buy Now. They ought to give you a commission. :)

]]> By: Northern_Rebel http://gigaom.com/mobile/newertechnology/#comment-45037 Thu, 08 Jun 2006 14:53:52 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2006/06/08/newertechnology#comment-45037 DualDone I just clicked through the website buy link.

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