[ale] USB external HDD

[Christopher Fowler]

I've had nothing but problems from cheap Asian USB->IDE devices.  Stick
to a name brand.


On Tue, 2005-05-31 at 09:57, Geoffrey wrote:
> Richard Atcheson wrote:
> > On Monday 30 May 2005 10:26 pm, H. A. Story wrote:
> > 
> >>Then later I will have to wonder what is the best cross platform format.
> >>FAT,FAT32,NTFS,or Linux) probably the old FAT32 so I can read/write with
> >>  Linux and Windows.
> >>
> >>
> > 
> >  Adrin;
> > 
> > 	I have been using the Coolmax enclosure for the 2.5 inch ide drives.  I've 
> > installed several laptop type drives into that enclosure and simply plugging 
> > them into the USB port has worked fine.  I've had the drives formatted for 
> > FAT32, and Reiser and EXT2 and all working fine.  My linux is SuSE 9.2 and 
> > 9.3.
> 
> This is a good point.  I suspect that this enclosure has a smaller 
> footprint then the Maxtor 'one-touch.'  Also, if you plan on moving the 
> thing around a lot, a laptop harddrive would be a better choice as they 
> are designed to handle a bit more of such handling.  I've carried my 
> Maxtor 'one-touch' around and never had any problems, but the laptop 
> size enclosures are about 1/4 the size of this thing.
> 
> Of course you get what you pay for, the laptop drive/enclosure will end 
> up costing more, but you're paying for the reduced size and mobility design.
> 
> The maxtor has an external power source as well, I don't know if any of 
> these devices can use the usb power, maybe Adrin can share?