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ProfessorF
What's a life?
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As I'm going to be doing a HD swap on a friends laptop, I've suggested he gets a 2.5" caddy for the 100GB drive we're swapping.
Anyone got a recommendation?
Bus powered would be nice.
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| Mon Nov 09, 2009 2:44 pm |
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phobos
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All 2.5HDD caddies should be bus powered really. Is it IDE or SATA ? If its IDE, PC World (don't panic) do the Akasa one as cheap as anyone.
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| Mon Nov 09, 2009 3:57 pm |
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ProfessorF
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Cheers, it's a SATA drive. Would like something reasonably robust that's going to survive being knocked about on a commute.
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| Tue Nov 10, 2009 8:32 am |
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phobos
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Those ones are metal, they don't squish in when pressed like some caddies do.
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| Tue Nov 10, 2009 9:46 am |
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pcernie
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I have an Akasa Integral - very sturdy  _________________Plain English advice on everything money, purchase and service related:
http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/
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saspro
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I've got an icybox one and it's as hard as nails
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ProfessorF
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Cool, thanks fellas, I'll look at Icybox (I have a 3.5" IDE FW enclosure of theirs and I like it) and Akasa then. 
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Nick
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I've got an icybox too and it's rock solid! Metal the whole way round, and far too many screws!! _________________
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saspro
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? I don't think I had any screws on mine
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| Mon Nov 16, 2009 3:52 pm |
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ProfessorF
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It's just arrived today - went for a slightly cheaper one from eBuyer. http://www.ebuyer.com/product/1492682 screws that locate the drive interface, nice tough metal enclosure, plastic end caps. I think it'll be ok. If not, it's hardly much to replace if it does give up the ghost.
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