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Speed_Gibson · 03-04-2009, 06:59 AM

Thank you for the tips, it was a busy week with my wife's dad having a heart attack (doing relatively OK now, he has had questionable mental stability for years) and other things happening.

A $50 two drive enclosure from Rosewill on newegg caught my interest. It would be nice to be able to add another drive at some point, and from what I have seen it is cheaper to buy new larger capacity SATA drives compared to the IDE options. That directron site does look interesting.
edit: this <http://www.directron.com/st0009u.html > looks nice. It can hold up to 1TB drives and has an "Active SMART Cooling System", just will not work on my win2k system and I am fine with that I think. The only reason the old external was on that system was my increasingly f**ked up XP install that is much better now after a reinstall.
one of those enclosures + a 500 GB drive from that site costs less than $100. Seems like yesterday when a 420 MB or so drive cost in the 300-400 dollar range.

03-04-2009, 06:59 AM	#5 (permalink)
Speed_Gibson Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? Location: right here of course	Thank you for the tips, it was a busy week with my wife's dad having a heart attack (doing relatively OK now, he has had questionable mental stability for years) and other things happening. A $50 two drive enclosure from Rosewill on newegg caught my interest. It would be nice to be able to add another drive at some point, and from what I have seen it is cheaper to buy new larger capacity SATA drives compared to the IDE options. That directron site does look interesting. edit: this <http://www.directron.com/st0009u.html > looks nice. It can hold up to 1TB drives and has an "Active SMART Cooling System", just will not work on my win2k system and I am fine with that I think. The only reason the old external was on that system was my increasingly f*ked up XP install that is much better now after a reinstall. one of those enclosures + a 500 GB drive from that site costs less than $100. Seems like yesterday when a 420 MB or so drive cost in the 300-400 dollar range. __________________ Started talking to yourself I see. Yes, it's the only way I can be certain of an intelligent conversation. Black Adder* Last edited by Speed_Gibson; 03-04-2009 at 09:20 AM..