• Storage & Archiving

  Accessing a Thunderbolt-only external RAID without a Thunderbolt port.

  Posted by Lewis Costin on July 26, 2014 at 11:34 am

  Is it possible? Obviously in theory it doesn’t make sense, but I don’t care about speed right now – just compatibility.

  Is there a way I can access this drive on my PC? I have USB 2 & 3 ports, eSATA and FireWire 400.

  Apple have a FireWire 800 to Thunderbolt adaptor for around $30, but this is not bidirectional and can only be used to access old FW devices on systems with Thunderbolt ports (with TB ports). Can anyone tell me if their TB to Ethernet adaptor would be of any use?

  Would these expensive TB hubs help me at all or are they also meant for Macs with TB ports to access everything else?

  https://www.kanexlive.com/thunderbolt-esata

  https://www.elgato.com/en/thunderbolt/thunderbolt-dock

  https://www.caldigit.com/thunderboltstation/

  https://www.belkin.com/us/F4U055/p/P-F4U055/

  Thanks for your time.

  Bob Zelin replied 11 years, 9 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Bob Zelin

  July 26, 2014 at 2:08 pm

  simple answer

  NO

  Bob Zelin
  Rescue 1, Inc.
  bobzelin@icloud.com

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