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    2.5" Hard Drive Enclosure

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Chucklz_smiley, Jul 4, 2008.

  1. Chucklz_smiley

    Chucklz_smiley Notebook Consultant

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    I have successfully swapped out the 160gb in my acer for a 320gb one and want to put the 160gb in an enclosure, any recommendations? It needs to be portable, and i live in the UK if it makes any difference
     
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    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    I would look for one which has USB, and firewire, and or esata, but it depends on what port your laptop/desktop use/have.

    I made my own, and having esata and USB is really nice.
    Just get one which appeals to you and has the right ports.

    K-TRON
     
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    JwY Notebook Consultant

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    Why not just use the same external case that you pulled the HDD from? Thats what I did. I have a 100gb 7200rpm hitachi drive in my old WD passport now.
     
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  5. John Ratsey

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    Cheap and a bit fat, but supporting both USB and eSATA is this Newlink enclosure. It supports both PATA and SATA HDDs and is a good choice if it is just staying at home. More expensive, but smaller is this Icy Box enclosure.

    John
     
    John Ratsey, Jul 5, 2008
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    Chucklz_smiley Notebook Consultant

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    I didnt take it out of an enclosure its an OEM Western Digital Drive, nice idea tho, i was looking to see if you could get the passport cases seperate but couldn't find any. Cheers John i was lookign at the ICY Box enclosure yesterday, read reviews and it seems pretty good. I only have USB 2.0 ports so i dont need an E-sata port atm, cheers for the ideas guys.
     
    Chucklz_smiley, Jul 5, 2008
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