Hard Disk Enclosures

[ReBurn]

Do any of you use an enclosure for an external hard drive as opposed to buying a dedicated external hard drive?  I want a good enclosure so that I can swap out drives and save some money in the process, but I don't know of any good ones.

Tiger Direct has a bunch that are cheap, but I don't know if they are any good or not.

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[DownSouth]

Call me and I'll give you my ideas.

[Gamplayerx]

Call me and I'll give you my ideas.

You're the best ever, DS!

[nishi]

there was a thread on tfark about these a while back - and no, of course i didn't bookmark it. what do you take me for?

i've been thinking about one of these as well. it seems that the fark suggestions were a little higher than these. this was about 3 months ago, i think, and i seem to remember the prices at about $40 - $60.

i understand that basically... that was no help at all.

they're cool though! and i could also use one, so let me know what you find out.....

[eo000]

but what does it doooooooo?

[nishi]

well, you'll have to correct me if i'm wrong, reburn, but that's basically a working case for an extra hard drive. you buy a backup hard drive, slap it into one of those babies, hook it up via the USB2 or firewire, and you can backup your entire hard drive at 480.

i was thinking about using one for my laptop. i was afraid the hard drive was tanking. i bought a new hard drive that i was going to install, and was thinking about using one of those enclosers to transfer everything over to the new hard drive, then i could install it and i would just need a boot disc.

i am astounded by my own level if geekiness if any of that is correct. that was how it was going to work IN MY MIND.

[eo000]

Thanks, I actually understood that. 

[ReBurn]

well, you'll have to correct me if i'm wrong, reburn, but that's basically a working case for an extra hard drive. you buy a backup hard drive, slap it into one of those babies, hook it up via the USB2 or firewire, and you can backup your entire hard drive at 480.

i was thinking about using one for my laptop. i was afraid the hard drive was tanking. i bought a new hard drive that i was going to install, and was thinking about using one of those enclosers to transfer everything over to the new hard drive, then i could install it and i would just need a boot disc.

i am astounded by my own level if geekiness if any of that is correct. that was how it was going to work IN MY MIND.

Yep.  That's what it is.  I can't see the point of buying an "external hard drive" for more than $100 when I can get a $20 enclosure and an 80 GB drive to put in it for $40.  Plus, I have drives sitting around and stuff.

[nishi]

well, you'll have to correct me if i'm wrong, reburn, but that's basically a working case for an extra hard drive. you buy a backup hard drive, slap it into one of those babies, hook it up via the USB2 or firewire, and you can backup your entire hard drive at 480.

i was thinking about using one for my laptop. i was afraid the hard drive was tanking. i bought a new hard drive that i was going to install, and was thinking about using one of those enclosers to transfer everything over to the new hard drive, then i could install it and i would just need a boot disc.

i am astounded by my own level if geekiness if any of that is correct. that was how it was going to work IN MY MIND.

Yep.  That's what it is.  I can't see the point of buying an "external hard drive" for more than $100 when I can get a $20 enclosure and an 80 GB drive to put in it for $40.  Plus, I have drives sitting around and stuff.

i know. it's the "drives sitting around" that also make it a good idea. i just lugged home an older desktop from work that was being decomissioned, and i was going to part it out, and using its 40 gb hard drive as a backup drive for now is a really nice and exceptionally cheap idea.

[Beefy]

that was how it was going to work IN MY MIND.

Okay, I have to know: is this a riff on Izzard?  He does this in Sexie.

"I was driving down the street in my lamborghini IN MY MIND."

[nishi]

that was how it was going to work IN MY MIND.

Okay, I have to know: is this a riff on Izzard?  He does this in Sexie.

"I was driving down the street in my lamborghini IN MY MIND."

nope. no riff of eddie. i'm just mindmelded with him, apparently.

[eo000]

that was how it was going to work IN MY MIND.

nope. no riff of eddie. i'm just mindmelded with him, apparently.

Okay, I have to know: is this a riff on Izzard?  He does this in Sexie.

"I was driving down the street in my lamborghini IN MY MIND."

nice jessie.   

[nishi]

that was how it was going to work IN MY MIND.

nope. no riff of eddie. i'm just mindmelded with him, apparently.

Okay, I have to know: is this a riff on Izzard?  He does this in Sexie.

"I was driving down the street in my lamborghini IN MY MIND."

nice jessie.   

what jessie??   

[eo000]

when you misplace your quote, it's called a jessie.

that was how it was going to work IN MY MIND.

nope. no riff of eddie. i'm just mindmelded with him, apparently.

Okay, I have to know: is this a riff on Izzard?  He does this in Sexie.

"I was driving down the street in my lamborghini IN MY MIND."

nice jessie.   

what jessie??   

[nishi]

when you misplace your quote, it's called a jessie.

no i know that. but i fixed it in my post. it only exists in this quote.

so now your jessie comment is .... about nothing.

that was how it was going to work IN MY MIND.

nope. no riff of eddie. i'm just mindmelded with him, apparently.

Okay, I have to know: is this a riff on Izzard?  He does this in Sexie.

"I was driving down the street in my lamborghini IN MY MIND."

nice jessie.   

what jessie??   

[eo000]

trickster. 

when you misplace your quote, it's called a jessie.

no i know that. but i fixed it in my post. it only exists in this quote.

so now your jessie comment is .... about nothing.

that was how it was going to work IN MY MIND.

nope. no riff of eddie. i'm just mindmelded with him, apparently.

Okay, I have to know: is this a riff on Izzard?  He does this in Sexie.

"I was driving down the street in my lamborghini IN MY MIND."

nice jessie.   

what jessie??   

[Beefy]

I'm smiting both of you for giving me a headache trying to find what the hell you were doing.

[nishi]

i'm hardly even warmed up.

trickster. 

when you misplace your quote, it's called a jessie.

no i know that. but i fixed it in my post. it only exists in this quote.

so now your jessie comment is .... about nothing.

that was how it was going to work IN MY MIND.

nope. no riff of eddie. i'm just mindmelded with him, apparently.

Okay, I have to know: is this a riff on Izzard?  He does this in Sexie.

"I was driving down the street in my lamborghini IN MY MIND."

nice jessie.   

what jessie??   

[eo000]

I'm smiting both of you for giving me a headachehaha, I might trying toas well make find whatit worth it. the hell you were doing.

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[Beefy]

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[eo000]

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[Beefy]

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[Gamplayerx]

You all are hurting my head.  I'm smiting the lot of ya!  And maybe even a few other people, too, just out of spite.

[ignom]

Don't make us bite you in hard-to-reach places.

[Gamplayerx]

SMITE!