Hi Mark,
These words you are reading, ide, ata, sata, and fire-wire,
are referring to the type of connection the internal hard drive uses when
installed in a computer.
If you are using the older drives such as the ide and ata, then that is the
type of enclosure you want to get.
USB, is the type of connection that the enclosure will use to connect to the
computer externally.
The reason you need to know what type of connection you have is,
the enclosure uses a bridge to make the transition from the drive to the USB
connection
If you have any more questions, just sing out.
HTH,
Richard Q. Justice-website owner
www.blind-computing.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2009 12:02 PM
Subject: [Blind-Computing] Question about USB drive boxes
Hi
I was looking at USB hard drive boxes on E-Bay today. These are the
ones where one installs the hard drive of their choice in to the drive box
and then one can plug the hard drive in to a USB port. It seems to me that I
had heard their are several types of these boxes and I am not sure what I
need to be compatible with the older 3.5 inch 20 MB and higher hard drives.
I am reading terms like IDE and other things I do not understand.
Any advice is appreciated.
God bless,
Mark
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