External Hard Drives - Page 3

Burble · 05-01-2009, 18:25

Yes to both

Matblack · 05-01-2009, 18:26

What happened to those cool units you could just slot a bare HD into almost like an 8 track cartridge and quickly swap it out for another one?

MB

lostkat · 05-01-2009, 18:27

I think that's what this is. I saw Daz using it on Sunday and he just plugged the HDD in and away he went.

lostkat · 05-01-2009, 18:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by Burble

Yes to both

Cool

My darling Mother also desperately needs to back up all the crap on her computer and has the same motherboard as me, so I'll get them one of these too. She has thousands of old photos and documents scanned in to do with the family tree as well as my Dad's accounts.

Matblack · 05-01-2009, 18:30

One of these

MB

Burble · 05-01-2009, 18:32

You mean these things MB? They're fantastic things, I use them a lot at work but personally I wouldn't use them for long term data storage. I much prefer the idea of the HD being inside a box.

These things definitely have their uses though, I'm often grabbing stuff off spare HD's at work so I've got one of these things that does 2.5" & 3.5" SATA drives and connects by USB2 or eSata. Nice.

lostkat · 05-01-2009, 18:50

Could this combination be used on a MAC? Dad's asking

Burble · 05-01-2009, 18:51

Yep but moving the drive between a PC and Mac can be problematic. If you are thinking about having 1 on the Mac and 1 on the PC then it's all good.

lostkat · 05-01-2009, 19:17

Yeah I thought that might be the case so I'd already told him he'd need separate ones. All ordered now. Thanks a lot

Aboobie · 06-01-2009, 17:50

Thanks to this thread I've just gone and ordered:

1 x ICY-IB390B Icy Box 3.5" Black Aluminium SATA Enclosure - USB and eSATA
@ GBP 22.00 each (Ex Vat)

1 x SAM-HD502I Samsung Spin Point F1 SATAII NCQ 500GB 16Mb Cache Hard Drive <9.0ms 7200rpm - OEM
@ GBP 36.99 each (Ex Vat)

Coming on these forums keeps costing me money!

05-01-2009, 18:26	#22
Matblack Baby Bore Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Svalbard Posts: 9,770	What happened to those cool units you could just slot a bare HD into almost like an 8 track cartridge and quickly swap it out for another one? MB __________________ "we had roots that grew towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossom had fallen from our branches we found that we were one tree and not two"

05-01-2009, 18:27	#23
lostkat Good Cat Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,550	I think that's what this is. I saw Daz using it on Sunday and he just plugged the HDD in and away he went. __________________ Oooooh Cecil, what have you done?

05-01-2009, 18:30	#25
Matblack Baby Bore Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Svalbard Posts: 9,770	One of these MB __________________ "we had roots that grew towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossom had fallen from our branches we found that we were one tree and not two"

05-01-2009, 18:50	#27
lostkat Good Cat Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,550	Could this combination be used on a MAC? Dad's asking __________________ Oooooh Cecil, what have you done?

05-01-2009, 19:17	#29
lostkat Good Cat Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,550	Yeah I thought that might be the case so I'd already told him he'd need separate ones. All ordered now. Thanks a lot __________________ Oooooh Cecil, what have you done?

05-01-2009, 18:25	#21
Burble Rocket Fuel Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 7,826	Yes to both

05-01-2009, 18:32	#26
Burble Rocket Fuel Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 7,826	You mean these things MB? They're fantastic things, I use them a lot at work but personally I wouldn't use them for long term data storage. I much prefer the idea of the HD being inside a box. These things definitely have their uses though, I'm often grabbing stuff off spare HD's at work so I've got one of these things that does 2.5" & 3.5" SATA drives and connects by USB2 or eSata. Nice.

05-01-2009, 18:51	#28
Burble Rocket Fuel Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 7,826	Yep but moving the drive between a PC and Mac can be problematic. If you are thinking about having 1 on the Mac and 1 on the PC then it's all good.

06-01-2009, 17:50	#30
Aboobie Vodka Martini Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Beverley Posts: 749	Thanks to this thread I've just gone and ordered: 1 x ICY-IB390B Icy Box 3.5" Black Aluminium SATA Enclosure - USB and eSATA @ GBP 22.00 each (Ex Vat) 1 x SAM-HD502I Samsung Spin Point F1 SATAII NCQ 500GB 16Mb Cache Hard Drive <9.0ms 7200rpm - OEM @ GBP 36.99 each (Ex Vat) Coming on these forums keeps costing me money! __________________