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External hard drives and cases
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I have a notebook PC with a 40Gb internal HD, and I need much more space. I am looking for an external HD of between 100 - 200 Gb that will support 1394 firewire and or USB1.1. After searching the net, I am confused by all the options that assume too much prior knowledge. For instance, there are 2.5" cases and 3.5" cases and plain external hard drives with firewire, USB 2 and 1.1 support. Here are my questions: What do the cases hold? Do they hold internal-type hard drives - the ones that you would ordinarily put inside your PC? What is the relevance of the 2.5 and 3.5" types? Is it better to get a firewire HD (I have a 1394 connection) than run it through my USB1.1 port? What suggestions do you have for an appropriate HD. Thanks for helping out. -- All the best, Pete ------------------------------------------------ Home Page: http://users.bigpond.com/lansma Location: 42°53'S; 147°19'E |
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"Pete" wrote in message ... Hello, I have a notebook PC with a 40Gb internal HD, and I need much more space. I am looking for an external HD of between 100 - 200 Gb that will support 1394 firewire and or USB1.1. After searching the net, I am confused by all the options that assume too much prior knowledge. For instance, there are 2.5" cases and 3.5" cases and plain external hard drives with firewire, USB 2 and 1.1 support. USB 1.1 is MUCH to slow for a hard drive. Not worth the trouble. Enclosures come in many sizes... 2.5" will hold a laptop sized hard drive and will usually get power from the USB/Firewire port so an external power supply isn't needed. The enclosures can be found cheaply but the hard drives are limited in size and are relatively expensive. A 3.5" will hold a standard sized hard drive a uses an external power supply. A 5.25" will hold a standard hard drive or a CD/DVD drive and also uses and external power supply. These are the most versatile, but are also relatively large. These are also easy to find. Now you need to decide how portable you want this drive and what you plan to do with it in future.... DEFINTATELY go with Firewire over USB 1.1. Firewire does usually cost more than USB, but it works better. USB 2.0 is an option if you want to get a PCMCIA card for the laptop, but it's an added expense and Firewire is still superior to it. |
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Pete wrote:
Hello, I have a notebook PC with a 40Gb internal HD, and I need much more space. I am looking for an external HD of between 100 - 200 Gb that will support 1394 firewire and or USB1.1. After searching the net, I am confused by all the options that assume too much prior knowledge. For instance, there are 2.5" cases and 3.5" cases and plain external hard drives with firewire, USB 2 and 1.1 support. Here are my questions: What do the cases hold? Do they hold internal-type hard drives - the ones that you would ordinarily put inside your PC? Generally speaking, yes. IDE type. What is the relevance of the 2.5 and 3.5" types? 2.5" : notebook drive 3.5" : desktop drive. Is it better to get a firewire HD (I have a 1394 connection) than run it through my USB1.1 port? USB1.1 'high speed' is 12 Mbps and 'low speed' is 1.5 Mbps. Firewire is 400 Mbps. What suggestions do you have for an appropriate HD. Depends on what 'features' you want. If you want to carry it along with the notebook then size and weight might be an important consideration and you'd probably want a 2.5 inch. It speed were an over-riding concern then you'd probably want 3.5 inch. Thanks for helping out. |
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Thanks for your help !
-- All the best, Pete ------------------------------------------------ Home Page: http://users.bigpond.com/lansma Location: 42°53'S; 147°19'E Pete wrote: Hello, I have a notebook PC with a 40Gb internal HD, and I need much more space. I am looking for an external HD of between 100 - 200 Gb that will support 1394 firewire and or USB1.1. After searching the net, I am confused by all the options that assume too much prior knowledge. For instance, there are 2.5" cases and 3.5" cases and plain external hard drives with firewire, USB 2 and 1.1 support. Here are my questions: What do the cases hold? Do they hold internal-type hard drives - the ones that you would ordinarily put inside your PC? What is the relevance of the 2.5 and 3.5" types? Is it better to get a firewire HD (I have a 1394 connection) than run it through my USB1.1 port? What suggestions do you have for an appropriate HD. Thanks for helping out. |
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"Pete" wrote in news:__Ond.43248$K7.39686@news-
server.bigpond.net.au: Here are my questions: What do the cases hold? Do they hold internal-type hard drives - the ones that you would ordinarily put inside your PC? What is the relevance of the 2.5 and 3.5" types? Is it better to get a firewire HD (I have a 1394 connection) than run it through my USB1.1 port? What suggestions do you have for an appropriate HD. Thanks for helping out. http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...123-116&depa=0 |
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None wrote:
"Pete" wrote in news:__Ond.43248$K7.39686@news- server.bigpond.net.au: Here are my questions: What do the cases hold? Do they hold internal-type hard drives - the ones that you would ordinarily put inside your PC? What is the relevance of the 2.5 and 3.5" types? Is it better to get a firewire HD (I have a 1394 connection) than run it through my USB1.1 port? What suggestions do you have for an appropriate HD. Thanks for helping out. http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...123-116&depa=0 My suggestion is that you start by reading up on the whole subject and at least give the appearance you have some idea what you're talking about!!! Based on what you have posted, you don't know Jack Schitt!!! |
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It all depends on how portable, (2.5", 3.5", 5¼" drives and cases, in order
of size, small to large.) you need and how fast a data transfer rate (firewire, USB 2.0, 1.1, in order of speed, fast to not as fast) you need. On the other hand there is the cost factor, smaller is usually more expensive per GB. Richard "Pete" wrote in message ... Hello, I have a notebook PC with a 40Gb internal HD, and I need much more space. I am looking for an external HD of between 100 - 200 Gb that will support 1394 firewire and or USB1.1. After searching the net, I am confused by all the options that assume too much prior knowledge. For instance, there are 2.5" cases and 3.5" cases and plain external hard drives with firewire, USB 2 and 1.1 support. Here are my questions: What do the cases hold? Do they hold internal-type hard drives - the ones that you would ordinarily put inside your PC? What is the relevance of the 2.5 and 3.5" types? Is it better to get a firewire HD (I have a 1394 connection) than run it through my USB1.1 port? What suggestions do you have for an appropriate HD. Thanks for helping out. -- All the best, Pete ------------------------------------------------ Home Page: http://users.bigpond.com/lansma Location: 4253'S; 14719'E |
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There is also the option of a CDRW or DVDRW.
Richard "Pete" wrote in message ... Hello, I have a notebook PC with a 40Gb internal HD, and I need much more space. I am looking for an external HD of between 100 - 200 Gb that will support 1394 firewire and or USB1.1. After searching the net, I am confused by all the options that assume too much prior knowledge. For instance, there are 2.5" cases and 3.5" cases and plain external hard drives with firewire, USB 2 and 1.1 support. Here are my questions: What do the cases hold? Do they hold internal-type hard drives - the ones that you would ordinarily put inside your PC? What is the relevance of the 2.5 and 3.5" types? Is it better to get a firewire HD (I have a 1394 connection) than run it through my USB1.1 port? What suggestions do you have for an appropriate HD. Thanks for helping out. -- All the best, Pete ------------------------------------------------ Home Page: http://users.bigpond.com/lansma Location: 4253'S; 14719'E |
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"Dee" wrote in message ... None wrote: "Pete" wrote in news:__Ond.43248$K7.39686@news- server.bigpond.net.au: Here are my questions: What do the cases hold? Do they hold internal-type hard drives - the ones that you would ordinarily put inside your PC? What is the relevance of the 2.5 and 3.5" types? Is it better to get a firewire HD (I have a 1394 connection) than run it through my USB1.1 port? What suggestions do you have for an appropriate HD. Thanks for helping out. http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...123-116&depa=0 My suggestion is that you start by reading up on the whole subject and at least give the appearance you have some idea what you're talking about!!! Based on what you have posted, you don't know Jack Schitt!!! He knows enough to ask some questions. What's the purpose of this newsgroup if not to find out things? Bearman -- If it's got tits, tires, tubes, or transistors, it's trouble. |
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