On 27/12/2009, paul stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> wrote: > > My oldest external drive failed. It's close to 10 years old and is only about > 130 meg. It was fully backed up, so it's not a problem. It's a 3.5 SATA drive > in an enclosure. I'm wondering if I can use that enclosure for any SATA 3.5 > drive. I'm going to replace it with a 1.5 terabyte Seagate 7200 rpm 3.5 > SATA. Are all enclosures created equal? > > BTW, amazon currently has that Seagate drive for $114 with free shipping.
Hi Paul, As others have suggested you may run into problems, you might be best off just buying a new integrated external drive. Often they can be picked up for the same price or less than a bare drive less the hassles. Cheers, -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
