15 Hard Drive Enclosures and Adapters Reviewed

Dexsal · Dec 7, 2004, 08:57 AM

For a long time the 1.44 MB floppy disk was the preferred medium when you wanted to transfer a Word or Excel file from one PC to another. But with growing file sizes, this medium is quickly overstretched. Its successor, the CD, is also easily filled these days. In the age of DSL, P2P file sharing, MP3 and DivX, even the 4.7 or 8.4 GB of capacity that a DVD offers is only a temporary solution. However, internal 160 GB, 200 GB and 300 GB hard drives are now available at affordable prices. Combining a hard disk with an enclosure or an adapter to back up data to a PC can be done for less than $20. For example, it's now possible to combine a 160 GB Samsung hard drive and an adaptor or enclosure for a total cost of $100. Connection options include USB 2.0, FireWire and even Serial ATA.

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Dexsal Space Monocerotis Join Date: May 2004 Location: Aust Posts: 1,401 Rep Power: 0	Plug and Save:15 Hard Drive Enclosures and Adapters Reviewed For a long time the 1.44 MB floppy disk was the preferred medium when you wanted to transfer a Word or Excel file from one PC to another. But with growing file sizes, this medium is quickly overstretched. Its successor, the CD, is also easily filled these days. In the age of DSL, P2P file sharing, MP3 and DivX, even the 4.7 or 8.4 GB of capacity that a DVD offers is only a temporary solution. However, internal 160 GB, 200 GB and 300 GB hard drives are now available at affordable prices. Combining a hard disk with an enclosure or an adapter to back up data to a PC can be done for less than $20. For example, it's now possible to combine a 160 GB Samsung hard drive and an adaptor or enclosure for a total cost of $100. Connection options include USB 2.0, FireWire and even Serial ATA. Read More Tomshardware Last edited by Dexsal; Dec 7, 2004 at 09:07 AM.