good sata to firewire adapter for SSD

[Straitsfan]

i'm going to uprade to an SSD in my MB pro, but I need to get a Firewire to SATA adapter to copy the HD to the SSD. Any suggestions?

 

[ferrarr]

Why do you NEED to get a FireWire to SATA connector? When you buy the SSD, get a USB enclosure and put it in that.

 

[Straitsfan]

Because it's faster, yes?

 

[RadDave]

i'm going to uprade to an SSD in my MB pro, but I need to get a Firewire to SATA adapter to copy the HD to the SSD. Any suggestions?

Hello, now I'm not one of the hardware 'gurus' here, especially in updating possibly 'dated' computers - for much more specific comments and advice, please provide more information on your MBPro, i.e. age, HD size, RAM present, etc. - also checkout OWC (Other World Computing) - plenty of SSD options and you can start a chat or call them to make sure exactly what your needs may be? Dave

 

[pigoo3]

How much data are we talking about transferring?

- Nick

 

[Straitsfan]

Hello, now I'm not one of the hardware 'gurus' here, especially in updating possibly 'dated' computers - for much more specific comments and advice, please provide more information on your MBPro, i.e. age, HD size, RAM present, etc. - also checkout OWC (Other World Computing) - plenty of SSD options and you can start a chat or call them to make sure exactly what your needs may be? Dave

What i meant was the best way to copy the HDD data to the SSD. I'd like to use firewire because USB is so slow. I was told by my IT guy to get a SATA to firewire adapter; then we'll just put the SSD into the MBPro. The machine can take the SSD; it's just the matter of copying/transferring the HDD data to the drive.

 

[RadDave]

What i meant was the best way to copy the HDD data to the SSD. I'd like to use firewire because USB is so slow. I was told by my IT guy to get a SATA to firewire adapter; then we'll just put the SSD into the MBPro. The machine can take the SSD; it's just the matter of copying/transferring the HDD data to the drive.

Oops, after Nick's post, I re-read your OP and understand your needs - sorry for my misunderstanding and good luck! Dave

 

[pm-r]

I dare say by the time one actually gets any adapter, the transfer could have been done and completed even using any old USB speed. And how many times is it planned to use such an adapter and hope it's all compatible??

Just saying…




- Patrick
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[harryb2448]

Well it all depends on what MBP you have, USB2 or USB3 etc. Do you have an internal SSD? If not the platter internal drive will be a bottleneck and slow down the external SSD. For what you describe in thread 6 just use FW800 and say SuperDuper or CarbonCopyCloner to clone the internal to the SSD. Using CCC or SD will make the SSD bootable before you pop it in. Depending how much you have on the internal, FW wiill do the job in an hour or so.

Also beware of damaging the SATA cable in your MBP. They get quite brittle with age and heat and can crack inside the casing without you being aware of it. Always good advise to use a new cable when you replace a drive.

 

[pigoo3]

What i meant was the best way to copy the HDD data to the SSD. I'd like to use firewire because USB is so slow. I was told by my IT guy to get a SATA to firewire adapter; then we'll just put the SSD into the MBPro. The machine can take the SSD; it's just the matter of copying/transferring the HDD data to the drive.

I did some searching...and I was finding that this sort of adapter isn't super common. But...do some searching at monoprice.com. If they don't have it (or the price is too high)...then you don't need it.

Here's a file transfer time calculator. Don't know how much data you're transferring...or what sort of computer you have:

http://techinternets.com/copy_calc?do

Example #1...USB 2.0 speeds (your computer if not too old is probably at least USB 2.0...could be USB 3.0):

- 500gig of data
- USB 2.0 speed
- 10% overhead

Transfer time = 2 hours, 36 minutes, 26 seconds

Example #2 (firewire 400):

- 500gig of data
- Firewire 400
- 10% overhead

Transfer time = 3 hours, 10 minutes, 58 seconds

Example #3 (firewire 800):

- 500gig of data
- Firewire 800
- 10% overhead

Transfer time = 1 hour, 35 minutes, 29 seconds

Example #4 (USB 3.0):

- 500gig data
- USB 3.0
- 10% overhead

Transfer time = 22 minutes, 25 seconds

USB 3.0 would be the fastest (if your computer has USB 3.0).

HTH,

- Nick

p.s. The overhead I believe is to compensate for the fact that we never get 100% of the theoretical transfer speed for each of these file transfer methods. Adjust the "overhead" as necessary.
p.p.s. I used 500gig of data as an example. Of course adjust the amount of data transferred to the exact situation.