Shop4Tech.com has the Sabrent Aluminum USB 2.0 2.5" External Enclosure for $7 - 15% code SB15 = $6 shipped. It is USB bus powered to simplify things. Slap in an IDE notebook drive to get it working.
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grumpydog - Posted 4:48 pm PST 01/26/09 (1323 Posts)
wow, that's cheap for no rebate. Some enterprising engineer should figure out how to make these slightly larger to hold a 3.5" drive. At this price they could own the market. Or maybe they get paid off by the notebook drive makers who are paid much more for 2.5" drives. It's a conspiracy I tell ya!
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Towncivilian - Posted 6:34 pm PST 01/26/09 (1135 Posts)
Apparently this is PATA, so they're probably just trying to clear stock of old crap.
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rjs - Posted 7:02 pm PST 01/26/09 (377 Posts)
Fortunately, I've got some old crap to stick in this cheap old crap and get some new crap.
So, I bought 2 for my old notebook PATA drives...
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fearthefarmers - Posted 11:03 am PST 01/28/09 (111 Posts)
Can someone explain the PATA and how it affects the new laptop harddrives from fitting inside this or working with this. Thanks in advance.
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