While I haven't transferred files from a *nix partition; did so from a Doze one on same HD. Used similar to prep some 2.5" drives for a Notebook. Everyone needs one of these in the kit.

For the paranoid / general insurance of out-of-box goodness:
If you have a decent meter, I'd check that the 12V/ 1A PS is copacetic -- close to 12.0 AND, on AC-range, just check that ripple is in the low-milliVolts. Cheap reassurance that a drive full of irreplaceable pix of that hovering UFO isn't fried by a (unlikely) transformer short to 120 VAC.


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