04-12-2010, 11:02 PM
Black wrote:
[quote=Doc]
It's not that big a deal if you have to remove the drives and connect via USB 2.0 adapter or enclosure to run the MA.
USB 2.0 is plenty fast enough for the job.
Not if you have to make a trip across town to help with the setup, and are dealing with someone who's unable to solve any problems on their own, and don't want to have to make the trip twice or more.
It takes about a minute to yank a drive from a MDD. Bring a pocket-screwdriver for the one screw you may have to remove for each drive.
Get a USB 2.0 adapter cable and play with it before you go over there so that you are confident about how to use it.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductLis...Submit=ENE&Description=usb%20sata%20pata%20adapter%20cable&bop=And&Pagesize=100
Best to get an adapter that does full-size PATA, 2.5-inch PATA and SATA so that it might be of some use in the future. (This is one of those toys that everyone should have laying around for troubleshooting and data-migration.)