No recommendation as to a specific enclosure or manufacturer, but if your machine(s) can handle Firewire, I suggest getting an enclosure that can use both that and USB 2.0 interface.
They cost little more than a USB only box and I am really quite happy with the last one I put together (160 GB Seagate & no-name enclosure). You could get a FW only interface if you are sure you won't be needing to hook the external to a machine that does not have FW capability. With drives as cheap as they are now (just bought a Hitachi 80 GB that netted at US$20 after rebates this week), I find it a good idea to keep an external such as you are talking about around just for data back up if for nothing else. If you are careful about backing up, in event of a disaster, all you have to do is grab the external as you go out the door and you have your data with you. I also do NOT keep it on all the time so in the event of a system compromise, I still have clean data. - Bill Hatcher [EMAIL PROTECTED] - -----Original Message----- From: Windows Home/SOHO [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Pete Holsberg Sent: Saturday, May 27, 2006 13:01 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [WINHOME] ENclosures for External HDs Kylde typed the following on 5/27/2006 12:49 PM: > yup > > Pete Holsberg wrote on 27/05/2006, 17:49: > > > Is it true that I can take an HD (20G, 80G) out of a computer and just > > slide it into a '3.5" USB2.0 External IDE Hard Drive Combo Aluminum > > Enclosure', plug it in to the wall and connect the USB cable, and I > > have an external HD? Any recommendations? -- ---------------------------------------- To Change your email Address for this list, send the following message: CHANGE WIN-HOME your_old_address your_new_address to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note carefully that both old and new addresses are required.
