[G4] Assembling a USB Drive

[sr ferenczy]

answer:  maybe

i have had various types of firewire and usb (1 and 2) drive 
enclosures, always, the performance has ben lower in the external case, 
but also, some harddrives dont play well in external cases. i have a 
couple of maxtors and a couple of WD drives that will not show up in 
they are mounted in an external USB case, but work fine in a firewire 
case, and perfect internally.

YMMV

sandor

On Apr 20, 2004, at 12:15 PM, John Erdman wrote:

>
> On an impulse last night I bought on eBay a USB enclosure that is 
> sized to hold 2.5" IDE harddrives. These drives of course are the size 
> one uses in a Powerbook.  I want to use it for portable back up and 
> file transfer via some new USB 2.0 ports I've added to my G4-400 
> desktop  system.
>
> Is it safe to assume that any drive that gets good marks on 
> xlr8yourmac.com for use in a Powerbook (like an IBM Travelstar) will 
> operate satisfactorily in a USB enclosure?
>
> John
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