[wellylug] External IDE to USB drive enclosure

[Chris Hodgetts]

Yeha, only problem is there is no real place to stick the card..
you see the main machine it will be used in, is a Laptop, and it was 
brought in about 2003 so does not have USB2 :(

I guess I can get the Vantec one and if it is not good, flick it off on 
trademe , even if it is for a loss, it's not great loss :)


Ian Sterling wrote:
> On 6/20/05, Chris Hodgetts <chris at archnetnz.com> wrote:
> 
>>I only have USB1.0 does that mean I would need to ensure that I get one
>>that has power supplied externally -- or does USB2 still not provide
>>enough power to supply a Harddrive with enough juice?
> 
> 
> I've not used the 5.25" Vantec enclosure, but I've used many others. 
> They're all pretty decent.  I have, however, used the 3.5" enclosure
> by Vantec and it is excellent.
> 
> As for the USB1, you'll soon tire of transferring at 12mbit/sec.  I
> would *highly* recommend getting yourself a USB2 card for your
> machine.  It will make all the difference in the world.  Of course,
> having a 7200RPM drive in the thing will help as well.
> 
> I use an external enclosure at work as my main storage drive.  (read:
> mp3s!)  The one I'm using is Firewire/USB2 and so far it's been pretty
> rock solid.  Granted, I'm using it as firewire, but it's got a 7200RPM
> drive in it, so I have no problems.
> 
> --Ian...
> 
>