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Ive got a spare HD… I cant be arsed to fuck around inside my PC, so want to get an inclosure… are some better than others, or should i base it on cosmetics?
Some have fans… is that important?
Its a seagate Barrracuda 7200.10 320gb… if that makes any difference?
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I think a company called ‘Icy Box’ do one, i use it as an enclosure for work, im assuming its a standard IDE hard drive? I know ICY BOX do encloruses for Sata and i think iv seen one for standard ones too
if it looks like this its an IDE:
if it dosnt, and theres two flattish slot ports, then its a SATA, the HDD shld have a white label on it somewhere which may have IDE or SATA written on it
yup u got an IDE drive, search for an ICY BOX that handles IDE drives, not SATA, the connectors wont fit if you get a enclosure for a SATA,
prolly a bit late now… but ive got both the ide and sata icy boxes. i likey them v muchly. very handy.
as for whether there is much difference between external exclosures, i dont think so.
depends on the looks and the connection requirements i guess.. you got a choice of usb / firewire / (e)Sata.
im using the external sata with a 500gb samsung spinpoint disk as the main disk for my work pc, and its fookin brill.. well its the same as having the disk in the machine proper really. but i can power down and take it home too 😉
so .. in summation..
BADGER BADGER BADGER whoo hoooooo!!
hope that clears things up 😉
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