Usb stick to sata?

NonStandardUser · November 4, 2018

Just wondering, is it something in the technical area that makes it impossible to connect a male usb drive to a female sata interface? I tried to find an adapter, and all I found was the sata(m) to usb(f). The commonly used ones.

I want the other way around because I need to operate my ubuntu and kali drives on usb thumb drives to remain portable, and at the same time don't want them sticking out of my case. I want something more permanant-ish and elegant; and yet, no dice.

Is the protocol not so comprehensive on the SATA side as it is on USB?

Pyramiden · November 4, 2018

Wouldn't it be easier to get a really small USB drive and stick it in the back of your PC?
Or get an internal USB-hub that connects to a header on your motherboard?

NonStandardUser · November 5, 2018

19 hours ago, Pyramiden said:

Wouldn't it be easier to get a really small USB drive and stick it in the back of your PC?
Or get an internal USB-hub that connects to a header on your motherboard?

Yup, those are the best scenarios, but having a sandisk extreme as the boot drives and an itx mobo with only one usb 3.0 header(reserved for front panel), I guess I'll just have to bear it. Eh, I give up.