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shwaip

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2 Oct 2003, 12:07am

I've been looking for an enclosure (possibly two, most likely only 1) for a 40 gig hd. I have a free firewire port, but no USB 2.0 ports.

Any suggestions?

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Mt_Goat

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2 Oct 2003, 12:19am

Sounds like time for an add on card.

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2 Oct 2003, 12:37am

http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProduc...145-315&depa=1
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProduc...146-010&depa=1
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProduc...146-175&depa=1

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shwaip

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2 Oct 2003, 1:44am

mcwc said
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProduc...145-315&depa=1
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProduc...146-010&depa=1
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProduc...146-175&depa=1

hehe...i can use the search feature too

I was looking for some reccomendations based on experience or heard from someone.

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Sputnik

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2 Oct 2003, 2:02am

dealsonic also has similar boxes
http://dealsonic.com/exen.html

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mcwc

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2 Oct 2003, 2:21am

shwaip said

mcwc said
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProduc...315&depa=1
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProduc...010&depa=1
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProduc...175&depa=1

hehe...i can use the search feature too I was looking for some reccomendations based on experience or heard from someone.

Oh, ok. Then try to ask some Mac users but most of them are probably using LaCie external HDDs.

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MediaMan

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2 Oct 2003, 11:37pm

Yah...we have the Lacie Firewire external drives here at work and they work like a charm. Doesn't matter...PC or MAC...just depends on how the file structure is set up.

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FormFactor

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15 Oct 2003, 11:59am

cooldrives has a lot of real good ones. I have one and love it to death.

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Enverex

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15 Oct 2003, 12:06pm

I bought a no-name one off eBay and its great. Small, solid built, USB2, Firewire, UDMA 133 and an extra cable so that if you are using a non-powered Firewire port (like a mini-firewire on a laptop) you can plug this cable into the PS/2 port and plug the other end into the enclosure to power it. The PS/2 power is even a passthrough so it doesn't take the port up.

But this was a 2.5" enclosure, not a 3.5 (3.5's will always be self powered rather than host powered).

But I doubt there are any really crap enclosures out there, just check out the features before hand.

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