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Invisible wrote:
>>> As I said, I *hope* it's just the enclosure that croaked, and the drive
>>> itself is just fine.
>>
>> Isn't that hoping against hope? I mean, the most mechanically vulnerable
>> components are in the -drive-, no the enclosure? The enclosure is just a
>> port and physical container?
>
> Typically an external enclosure contains some kind of controller to
> convert from IDE/SATA/whatever to USB. This is a non-trivial piece of
> electronics, and it's not inconceivable that it could break.
>
> Seems kinda unlikely though...
That's what I was thinking of, yes. Mechanical components tend to fail much
more easily or regularly than a few tens of millions of transistors, not
true?
Ooo can't wait for solid-state drives to become common... and less
expensive...!
--
Stefan Viljoen
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