usb universal drive adaptor

[Steve]

On Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:16:39 -0000, Linda <haniganwork at earthlink.net>  
wrote:

> Steve wrote:
>> On Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:59:37 -0000, Linda <haniganwork at earthlink.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Just wondering has anyone used a USB universal drive adaptor to  
>>> retrieve
>>> info from an old hard drive with Ubuntu? Mac and windows are listed but
>>> nothing on Linux in the specs. If it works it looks like a handy tool  
>>> to
>>> have around so you don't have to mess with opening up a good computer  
>>> to
>>> read the drive from a failed computer.
>>>                          Thanks
>>>                           Linda
>>>
>>>
>> USB universal drive adaptor ?
>>
>> Like this http://www.expansys.com/d.aspx?i=185760&partner=froogle
>>
>> Ubuntu just sees it as an USB drive - very useful device indeed.
>>
>>
> Thanks that was exactly what I was asking about!
>
If you get one don’t let friends see it.  They wander off with it, to see  
if they can rescue their photos of the kids on 'that old drive that  
crashed' :)

-- 
Steve