[ltp] USB 2.0 external hard drives

[Michael Gaber]

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normaly you can't change the drive inside an external drive yourself=20
because it's closed by the manufacturer, so you don't have the=20
possibility of changing to a larger HD or replacing a wrecked one.
also you lose your data if the controller / IDE-USB converter dies

Andr=C3=A9 Wyrwa schrieb:
> Hei,
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> On Tue, 2007-05-01 at 15:03 -0400, Stephen R Laniel wrote:
>> On Tue, May 01, 2007 at 01:44:54PM -0500, Jeffrey L. Taylor wrote:
>>> I looking to buy an external hard drive to backup (not archive) my la=
ptop.  It
>>> has USB 2.0.  I am looking for a desktop solution, i.e., don't need n=
or want
>>> to pay for portable powered USB drives.  Capacity 80GB to 160GB range=
=2E  Any
>>> recommendations and/or condemnations?
>> I'd recommend not getting an external *drive*, but rather an
>> external *enclosure*. You can put whatever drive you want
>> inside that enclosure. Right now I have a 200-GB drive in
>> a MacAlly PHR-100A enclosure to my right:
>> http://macally.com/EN/Product/ArticleShow.asp?ArticleID=3D138
>>
>> The great advantage to enclosures is that, when the current
>> disk you have inside of them grows too small (as it will),
>> you can yank it out and put in a new one with more capacity.
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> ehm, what's an external harddrive that is not a standard harddrive in a=
n
> enclosure? Never seen one.
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> Andr=C3=A9.
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