USB hard drive cases
funfly3
Graham
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> any idea if any 2.5 drive will work in USB to IDE mobile hard drive case?
I have an IDE to USB cable which came with an adapter for laptop type
IDE drives, so I suppose the answer must be yes.
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funfly3
> "funfly3" <donte...@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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>> any idea if any 2.5 drive will work in USB to IDE mobile hard drive case?
>
>
> I have an IDE to USB cable which came with an adapter for laptop type
> IDE drives, so I suppose the answer must be yes.
>
cheaper to buy a bare drive or new larger USB drive
Fishman ><(((°>
Sounds like a no brainer type question.
Rather like, is it cheaper to buy just a CPU or a base unit?
Simon Finnigan
What damage did the case do to the drive when it died? If you don`t know,
or aren`t able to tell, then I`d say it`s worth replacing the lot.
Otherwise how can you have any confidence in the unit remaining operational
in the future?
funfly3
> "funfly3" <donte...@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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>> Graham wrote:
>>> "funfly3" <donte...@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
>>> news:NGaTh.1083$%K5....@newsfe3-win.ntli.net...
>>>> any idea if any 2.5 drive will work in USB to IDE mobile hard drive
>>>> case?
>>>
>>> I have an IDE to USB cable which came with an adapter for laptop type
>>> IDE drives, so I suppose the answer must be yes.
>>>
>> I have a Freecom and the drive has died so I am tring to work out if its
>> cheaper to buy a bare drive or new larger USB drive
>
> Sounds like a no brainer type question.
> Rather like, is it cheaper to buy just a CPU or a base unit?
>
>
the same 40 gb drive is around £40, £46 buys a 80gb complete usb drive
or for £80 I can get a 160 gb usb drive
Simon Finnigan
Is it really worth saving £6 for half the disk space, using a drive that
could (for all you know) be ready to go fizz-pop due to damage from when the
case went.
Also, mind me asking what type of drive this is, make and model? i`ve got a
friend who needs a large in space but small in size portable hard drive, and
those look like fairly good prices to pass on to him :-)
Odie Ferrous
These guys www.rapidpcs.com are local to me and come recommended.
They are selling a 100GB drive for £30 (inc. VAT) and an external
housing for £20. The housing looks a bit plasticky (it is) but inside
is a decent 80mm fan that keeps the drive cool very efficiently.
Odie
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funfly3
this one :-) ps is a Hitachi Travelstar HTS424004M9AT00 that clonks any
good to you Odie ?????
funfly3
encrypted so I cant see all of it, so I was unsure if any drive will
fit, put the drive in my laptop but fails and has the dreaded clonk of
death noises
prices are from ebuyer might be crap customer service wise but cheap
Simon Finnigan
To be fair to ebuyer, thousands of pounds spent with them, a few problems
with missing parcels (maybe 3 missing in well over 150 delivered), all of
which have been re-sent to arrive the following day. I can`t fault their
service, but YMMV obviously :-)
funfly3
has arrived and worked and is still working
I forgot to add to my first post I was thinking of buying a cheap
second-hand drive to stick in it or if it needed exactly the same drive,
as I dont have a drive I can format in it to see if it will work as the
only drive I have is from my firms laptop and this has 1 partition which
has been encrypted
Odie Ferrous
Yes, please - I love clunking drives!
Thanks