I can't tell the storage space on that drive. It's only 22 bucks so there has to be some drawback. Either way, I already got the Seagate so now it's just a matter of where I can put it. Any ideas besides the 3.5 bay? I mean, do we even need 3.5 disks anymore these days?
The enclosure is made, to install your own IDE hard drive in, hence the price. Regards to using the floppy drive, even today, in spite of using memory keys, I still find it useful at times, ie, flashing the BIOS, transfer of small files to other computers. But, I have no other ideas for installing a second hard drive inside the case, except in the 3.5" floppy drive bay, if you install it there, you will need a new 80 wire, three connector ribbon cable and maybe a "Y" splitter for the power supply and a blank cover for the front panel opening.
ohhh, so what I was looking at was simply an enclosure? I take it that it runs off of USB power?
If everything I just said Is true...then does the USB power affect the harddrive? ie. does bios recognize this drive since it's not plugged into a IDE port with the 80 pin cable? Any Special software needed to use it? Special USB port or version?
Basically if I buy this thing then I can sit the drive ontop of the computer and leave the 3.5. Correct?
Why bother with the 20GB drive when you are looking at 120GB? Buy the drive and a copy of Partition Magic. Install PM. Open the box, disconnect the CD drive, and connect the new HD to the system instead of the CD drive (do this with power off, and use a magazine to put the HD on -- it will be somewhat precarious!). Checking first for shorts, plug the system in and boot up. Use Partition Magic to Copy your 20GB drive partition to the new drive and enlarge to 120GB. Then just replace the old 20GB drive with the new 120GB drive.
Alternately, you could do a full system install on the 120GB drive.
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March 2nd, 2004 17:00
mrizzlebutt.
As the D/4500s has USB 2.0, have you thought about using a USB 2.0 External Hard Drive Enclosure for the second drive, similar to the ones shown here.
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.asp?submit=manufactory&catalog=92&manufactory=1400&DEPA=0&sortby=14&order=1
Bev.
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March 2nd, 2004 18:00
Hi Bev,
I can't tell the storage space on that drive. It's only 22 bucks so there has to be some drawback. Either way, I already got the Seagate so now it's just a matter of where I can put it. Any ideas besides the 3.5 bay? I mean, do we even need 3.5 disks anymore these days?
john
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shesagordie
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March 2nd, 2004 20:00
John.
The enclosure is made, to install your own IDE hard drive in, hence the price. Regards to using the floppy drive, even today, in spite of using memory keys, I still find it useful at times, ie, flashing the BIOS, transfer of small files to other computers. But, I have no other ideas for installing a second hard drive inside the case, except in the 3.5" floppy drive bay, if you install it there, you will need a new 80 wire, three connector ribbon cable and maybe a "Y" splitter for the power supply and a blank cover for the front panel opening.
Bev.
mrfizzlebutt
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March 2nd, 2004 21:00
ohhh, so what I was looking at was simply an enclosure? I take it that it runs off of USB power?
If everything I just said Is true...then does the USB power affect the harddrive? ie. does bios recognize this drive since it's not plugged into a IDE port with the 80 pin cable? Any Special software needed to use it? Special USB port or version?
Basically if I buy this thing then I can sit the drive ontop of the computer and leave the 3.5. Correct?
Thanks.
-john
shesagordie
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March 2nd, 2004 23:00
mrfizzlebutt.
The enclosure come complete with the software and cables, you can check out these items at the manufacturer's product website.
http://www.enermax.com.tw/ehd-250s.htm
Bev.
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March 5th, 2004 01:00
Why bother with the 20GB drive when you are looking at 120GB? Buy the drive and a copy of Partition Magic. Install PM. Open the box, disconnect the CD drive, and connect the new HD to the system instead of the CD drive (do this with power off, and use a magazine to put the HD on -- it will be somewhat precarious!). Checking first for shorts, plug the system in and boot up. Use Partition Magic to Copy your 20GB drive partition to the new drive and enlarge to 120GB. Then just replace the old 20GB drive with the new 120GB drive.
Alternately, you could do a full system install on the 120GB drive.