[ILUG] Suggested USB(?) PATA external HDD drive enclosures/docking and Irish(? French? EU?) vendors?

[Brian Foster]

Hello,

 The primary PATA/IDE (not SATA) in my dead computer
 is known to still be Ok, and also known to have not
 been recently backed-up....  ;-(   Hence, I am keen
 to be able to access it from my new (and undecided)
 machine, which will almost certainly be using SATA
 rather than PATA (mostly since PATA is obsolete?).

 An external enclosure (or docking station?), probably
 connected by USB, seems like a plausible solution.
 Any recommendations on such a unit, and/or from whom
 to buy (Irish, French, or at least EU)?  Must work
 with Linux, albeit I rather doubt that's much of an
 issue....

 I must double-check, but think it's a 3.5" (not 2.5")
 drive (250GB).

cheers!
	-blf-

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