Hey everyone before i get started i just wanted to say all replies are GREATLY Appreciated, Thank you so much! I've been hoarding data for a really long time now on a 8TB 3.5 inch HDD and i recently decided to buy a 3.5 inch 24 TB HDD to be my new main HDD for hoarding data. The issue I'm currently having though is i use a SATA to USB connector on my computer to actually read the HDD's and the new 24 TB HDD has a slightly different connector bit on the end than my 8TB one that I've never seen before. I was wondering if anyone could help point me towards something that would connect this 24 TB HDD up to my computer via SATA to USB because I'm completely lost. I've looked at guides online on distinguishing different HDD connector bits and stuff and i legit can't seem to figure anything out. The weirdest part to is that they're only slightly different from one another on the connector bits i didn't even know that could happen. I thought they we're genuinely pretty universal in make/build. Id really appreciate help identifying what the connector bit is called or at least pointing me towards something that would actually connect it. Thank you so much!

Pictures of both HDDs in comparison:
https://imgur.com/a/0RgLjlA

Looks like you bought yourself a SAS, not a SATA drive.

The interface is similar so it's an easy mistake to make. SAS drives are usually on servers or enterprise storage.

There is no adapter that I know that can convert from SATA port to connect up a SAS drive.

However, if you buy a SAS interface card, that will fit in your PC, you can connect it up and use it provided it doesn't have any locks on it (some drives have customised firmware meaning they can only be connected up to certain controllers)

Once you get a SAS interface card, with many on EBAY, or Amazon, the drive could work fine inside your machine.

I've done the same so I have a combination of SATA and SAS drives on my system.

thank you, ChatGpt !

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The machine says hello and thankyou.

hey, there was a post here by chatgpt in the morning and now it is not here, what's happening?

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You're not going mad - it was there I too saw it yesterday. I assume the mods cleaned it up as we don't need that sort of LLM tripe.

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huh, thanks

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