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    external HDD case w/shock proof mechanism recommendations

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by FunkyR, Apr 15, 2009.

  1. FunkyR

    FunkyR Notebook Enthusiast

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    Anyone suggest a 2.5" esata enclosure that has some sort of shock proof mechanism in built? (eg rubber mounts for the HDD).

    Thanks!
     
    FunkyR, Apr 15, 2009
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    Just get a reasonably well built case and use hard drives with shok and g-force protection built in.

    For data redundancy, Addonics has a nice RAID travel enclosure that hold either 2 or 4 2.5" drives.

    The newest Hitachis are supposed to be self-protecting up to 450Gs of 'operating' shock. They also park 'n lock the head/arm assembly off of the platter during power off and low power spin-down

    H is supposed to be putting all of the protective features from their 2.5" drives into their desktop/server drives this year. I'm sure that Seagate and WD are and/or will be doing the same thing.
     
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    so would a WD Scorpio or Seagate equivalent be shockproof or would I need a more specialised HDD?
     
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    To be sure you're going to have to look up the makers spec sheets on their web sites, sorry.
     
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    If you are desperate for something schock proof - it would be expensive - but it should be possible to use a SSD in an external enclosure.

    But otherwise, I agree with previous posters, get a drive with shock protection and check the spec sheets.
     
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    WD Scorpio and Seagate are very good quality HDDs, I heard that you can drop them many times and they still work perfectly..
     
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    I think that people have dropped them and they still work is no indicator of reliabiltity/quality.

    Also because we don't know the details of the drops.

    If you hear about a lotof failures due to drops then that's a good indicator of a problematic drive - but in case of data security I wouldn't turn it the other way round.
     
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