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martin_y
26-10-2009, 11:13 AM
Hi guys
I bought an enclosure that makes an internal drive into and external usb drive. I didnt realise the drive I am buying was Sata, and the enclosure is IDE only. I see converters on ebay are pretty cheap, but would it likely fit in the case? I travel a lot and that drive will come with me everywhere, so I really need everything enclosed.

Should I just by a SATA enclosure?
Nutter_John
26-10-2009, 11:15 AM
Should I just by a SATA enclosure?

Yes as it is all built in and far easier than messing around with an extra bit to convert from sata to ide
Confused
26-10-2009, 11:39 AM
An additional converter probably won't fit - the enclosures are quite tight normally.

Just grab yourself a SATA enclosure (and you'll then have the IDE one too for hooking up older IDE drives to newer computers ;))
orionn2o
26-10-2009, 11:47 AM
I would agree.. get a sata enclosure since they are only about 4 quid !
martin_y
26-10-2009, 11:59 AM
Cool. Thanks chaps!!
elnevio
26-10-2009, 12:00 PM
CVR4 rules! /bananaroc