2.5in IDE Enclosure

**jvalh** · March 9th 11, 10:06 PM posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt

Hello Experts,

Please tell me where the 2.5" is measured? I believe there is a 3.5" too.

**Pen** · March 9th 11, 10:27 PM posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt

On 3/9/2011 5:06 PM, jvalh wrote:
Hello Experts,

Please tell me where the 2.5" is measured? I believe there
is a 3.5" too.
It refers to a nominal width, but the actual drive width is
2.75" while the 3.5" is actually 4" wide. See here.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_di...k_form_factors

**jvalh** · March 10th 11, 08:35 AM posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt

Pen wrote:
On 3/9/2011 5:06 PM, jvalh wrote:
Hello Experts,

Please tell me where the 2.5" is measured? I believe there
is a 3.5" too.
It refers to a nominal width, but the actual drive width is
2.75" while the 3.5" is actually 4" wide. See here.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_di...k_form_factors

Thank you Pen. I didn't know WikiPedia had that data. Now I know better :-)

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