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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