Thank you for this timely response. I wanted to order one tonight.
But I didn't want to waste time by getting the wrong one. Now that
you've brought it up, I do remember the drives I used to use where
IDE drives. I've heard the ones used now called ATA, but also heard a
bunch of other things as well. SATA, sATA and others I can't think of
now. It all gets so confusing if it's not something you deal with
everyday.
Jeff M
On May 28, 2009, at 10:58 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote:
There are two main different types of external cases.
PATA and SATA.
The polder drives that take the big flat cable and bog molex 4 pin
power connector are PATA.
The one you describe is an SATA drive.
The PATA are what used to be called IDE drives.
So you want a SATA external enclosure.
Stewart
At 12:26 AM 5/29/2009, you wrote:
I've got an external case for 3 1/5" drives, but the area
where you
plug in the drive is a large 3" plug. The latest drives I want to use
have 2 plugs, one about 1 1/2" and the other about 1". And then of
course the little side plug that goes on the mounting bracket.
My question is, when buying a new external case that will
handle
these new drives, what do I have to look for in its' description? The
outside label of one of these drives simply says WD Caviar SE Serial
ATA Hard Drive. It came out of my flat panel early version iMac G5.
Jeff M
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