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2.5" Drive Case Suggestions?
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Mac Elite
Join Date: May 2002
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Hi,
I just replaced my internal hard drive and would like to find a small portable case to put my old drive in ... Firewire preferably.
Anyone have any links or suggestions for cases?
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Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Hamilton, Ohio
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Hey, I have one of these.
Link
It works great and has both firewire and USB2.0. also it will power off of the ports or a 5v external supply.
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Join Date: Dec 2003
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I like the Mercury Elites from OWC.
I always travel with one, they have good ventilation and come with an AC adapter -- useful in case you need to boot from it. The night before I travel I always clone a bootable clone to a partition on the drive --- saved my bacon once.
JT
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Oct 2000
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From DealMac ......
PCMS 2.5" Aluminum USB 2.0 Hard Drive Enclosure for $8.99 shipped
PC Micro Store offers its PCMS 2.5" Aluminum USB 2.0 Hard Drive Enclosure in Silver or Black (pictured) for $8.99 with free shipping. A USB 2.0 cable is included.
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Mac Elite
Join Date: May 2002
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Looks like there are a number to choose from. I'm wondering though, why some of them only support a certain GB range?
I have an 80GB 2.5" I'm looking to fit.
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Is it difficult to install the drive in the case? can I do it myself?
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Is it difficult to insatll the drive in the enclosure? Can I do it myself?
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Is it difficult to insatll the drive in the enclosure? Can I do it myself?
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Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 2005
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The one I suggested requires you to use a philips screwdriver to remove 2 screws. Then all you have to do is plug the drive in and reassemble.
I'm could be wrong. But I'm sure the others that were suggested are just as easy.
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MacBook 2.16Ghz 13.3" with 4gig Ram 120gb HD
iBook G4 1.33ghz 12" with 1024MB Ram, 80gb HD, Dual-Layer SuperDrive
iBook G3 600mhz 12" with 640MB Ram, 60gb Hard Drive and a CD-R/RW-DVD drive Vist me at my blog
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Professional Poster
Join Date: Jan 2003
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here's another suggestion. your post doesn't mention whether you want fw-400 or fw-800 but in any case, if your laptop only has fw-400, there's no sense buying fw-800 at this point (because prices always come down, or else the next laptop you buy--namely, macintel--may not have fw-800
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817146604
also, be sure that the firewire case will support booting from OS X because some pc-branded firewire enclosures have a chipset that won't allow booting.
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