Re: PATA drive capacity question

2015-10-10 Thread al h 
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On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 8:49 PM, William Spencer  wrote:

> Hi there: I have a 2.5 inch PATA drive enclosure (Rocport 4Cx, listed as
> USB 2/FireWire) and I’m thinking about finding as big a drive as I can to
> put in it for backup purposes. How big do they (or did they) make them? 500
> gb? More? Less? And does anyone make them anymore? (Meaning, I suppose,
> where would I get one?)
>
> I know I would have to figure out a way to connect it to the computer, but
> I don’t care about speed since this would be backup-only. Of course, if
> it’s impossible to connect to this machine then that obviously answers
> that, but I figure there’s no harm in asking the question. My thanks in
> advance!
>
>
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Re: PATA drive capacity question

2015-10-10 Thread NODEraser 
Western Digital until very recently made a limited selection of
IDE/PATA drives under their Blue line, although they seem to be quite
expensive on retail these days. Check eBay or Amazon, you can probably
get a gently used or "refurbished" drive for a decent price. I haven't
seen any over 500 GB.

Keep an eye on what you spend, unless you're getting the drives very
cheap or free there are probably more economical options for you. You
can get a new 1 TB external USB drive for $50-60, easily.

On Sat, Oct 10, 2015 at 3:49 AM, William Spencer  wrote:
> Hi there: I have a 2.5 inch PATA drive enclosure (Rocport 4Cx, listed as USB 
> 2/FireWire) and I’m thinking about finding as big a drive as I can to put in 
> it for backup purposes. How big do they (or did they) make them? 500 gb? 
> More? Less? And does anyone make them anymore? (Meaning, I suppose, where 
> would I get one?)
>
> I know I would have to figure out a way to connect it to the computer, but I 
> don’t care about speed since this would be backup-only. Of course, if it’s 
> impossible to connect to this machine then that obviously answers that, but I 
> figure there’s no harm in asking the question. My thanks in advance!
>
>
> ***
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> Bill Spencer in Maryland
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PATA drive capacity question

2015-10-09 Thread William Spencer 
Hi there: I have a 2.5 inch PATA drive enclosure (Rocport 4Cx, listed as USB 
2/FireWire) and I’m thinking about finding as big a drive as I can to put in it 
for backup purposes. How big do they (or did they) make them? 500 gb? More? 
Less? And does anyone make them anymore? (Meaning, I suppose, where would I get 
one?)

I know I would have to figure out a way to connect it to the computer, but I 
don’t care about speed since this would be backup-only. Of course, if it’s 
impossible to connect to this machine then that obviously answers that, but I 
figure there’s no harm in asking the question. My thanks in advance!


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