I purchased a FW/USB2.0 enclosure and just dropped in an older 160 gig drive. Works great as a backup.
larry On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 13:52:08 -0500, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Not at all - it was purely a purchase of pure hate and loathing. > > I needed something, needed it quick, needed it now and Best Buy was closest. > I had been up for 30 hours, wasn't happy with life because I was going to > have wipe my system drive and needed someplace to store all my stuff... > quickly. Either that or (at the time at least) slit my wrists with a > back-plane cover. > > (In any case at the time 200 Gig drives were not $99 and Firewire/USB2 > enclosures weren't all that common. I personally don't use the associated > software at all.) > > It IS a nice unit - clean lines, decent cooling without being obnoxious, and > does exactly what it's supposed to do. But it's definitely not the cheap > way to go. ;^) > > Jim Davis > > -----Original Message----- > From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, November 19, 2004 9:04 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Hard drives > > Jim, > > Given that you can get firewire drive enclosures for less than $75, > and 200 gig HD's for $99, then why go for a Maxstor external? Is the > associated software that good? > > larry > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:137174 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
