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Mac Elite
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Berkeley, CA
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I bought an external HD enclosure a while ago from PCMicroStore.com, and it's been working fine with my Maxtor 80 GB HD. I'd like to upgrade to a Seagate 250 GB HD, but I'm worried about the capacity. I don't want to start a fire or something if the enclosure can't handle the HD...
I believe my enclosure is this (the combo FW/USB version): http://www.etech4sale.com/products/p...id-142080.html
I can't go to the original page I saw it at, as PCMicroStore.com isn't working. Anyway, the HD I want is this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148065
Is there any reason why they wouldn't be compatibel?
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"Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world." -Archimedes
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Posting Junkie
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Houston, TX
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The magic words on the page you linked to are " ATA-7/48-LBA compliant for large drive support"; it should work fine.
That drive is SATA, while your enclosure is ATA (also known as PATA or IDE); you need this drive instead.
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Jan 2004
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Well, there's the chance that the one I linked to isn't my exact enclosure. Would most external enclosures be ATA? I don't want to get the wrong kind!
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"Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world." -Archimedes
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Posting Junkie
Join Date: Oct 2005
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Yes, the majority of enclosures, espically FW/USB enclosures, are ATA.
The majority also support large drives; some older ones may not.
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"Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world." -Archimedes
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Join Date: Oct 2005
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Yes, it's ATA, and it supports 400GB drives (which probably means it also supports larger than 400GB, but none existed at the time for them to test).
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Mac Elite
Join Date: May 2005
Location: West LA
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Im going to be buying the exact drive that mduell recommended, so my vote goes there. As for your enclosure, it looks similar to the external drives my school gave us when we started. The only difference is the ones we got were 2.5" drives, 40Gbs, and wasnt 7200RPMs. The drives they gave out also sucked, mine never worked and they refused to give me a new one.
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