You can buy a "bare case" for an external hard drive, and install the drive of your choice in it. There is a wide variety of cases for sale, with a wide variety of interfaces, including combination interfaces. (USB, Firewire, e-SATA, SATA, even SCSI, etc.)
Fred Holmes At 04:00 PM 3/3/2009, db wrote: >Yes, if for no other reason than they are moved about receiving more shock and >vibration. > >Also they almost always have average quality drives inside ... while you can >buy top quality drives, with the extended warranties that accompany them, >install them in your computer case if you have the room etc and have a >statistically more durable drive solution. > >db > >rleesimon wrote: >>are external hard drives more prone to failure than the same drive >>internally installed? ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
