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ivan · 05-11-2011, 06:24 PM

Hi Larka2006,

The CD drive is one I assembled from various parts that I usually have about the place - in my spare time (I'm supposed to be retired but work harder now than before) I look after our computer systems and server including building special equipment.

The CD drive is a DVD writer from a notebook with an adapter to give a standard IDE output, that is then mated to a USB / IDE / ASTA adapter as well as a 12v 2A power supply. The general idea is that I can then attach hard disks to any of our computers for recovery work and the CD allows me to transfer disk images.

We had a discussion here about the EE seeing USB hard disks and out of curiosity I tried the CD and found it too works for me but I can't guarantee it will work for others as it is very non standard.

05-11-2011, 06:24 PM	#6
ivan Edge User	Hi Larka2006, The CD drive is one I assembled from various parts that I usually have about the place - in my spare time (I'm supposed to be retired but work harder now than before) I look after our computer systems and server including building special equipment. The CD drive is a DVD writer from a notebook with an adapter to give a standard IDE output, that is then mated to a USB / IDE / ASTA adapter as well as a 12v 2A power supply. The general idea is that I can then attach hard disks to any of our computers for recovery work and the CD allows me to transfer disk images. We had a discussion here about the EE seeing USB hard disks and out of curiosity I tried the CD and found it too works for me but I can't guarantee it will work for others as it is very non standard.