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Julian Hall wrote: >> > Hi Neil, > > I would suggest building your own, by which I mean buying a USB caddy > and HD separately. With the pre-built ones you have no real guarantee > what make of drive is inside them, and we all know some makes are better > than others. A friend of mine had one for Christmas and it packed up > within 48 hours. He then bought separate components and it is still > going strong. Also depending how much data you are concerned with, you > could buy a 2.5" caddy and laptop drive. This is much more portable as > they commonly power from the USB and don't require a separate power > supply. And of course they are a *lot* smaller. > > My recommendation would be a Seagate drive of suitable capacity, and a > look on Ebuyer for caddies (sometimes referred to as hard disk > enclosures). Try and get an aluminium one as the heat dissipation will > be much better than the el cheapo plastics. > > One other point to consider; SATA or PATA. With an external caddy > bought yourself you can make that choice. > > Kind regards, > > Julian > Thanks for the very quick answer. In fact my local shop did recommend the 'caddy and choose your HD separately' system. I will go back to them and ask some more questions, especially with reference to your suggestions. And I will check the SATA or PATA differences so that I can ask intelligent questions!! Thanks Neil -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html