just bought MAXTOR 200GB ATA 7200 RPM 8MB HDD and need suggestions for enclosure

[veryslowdsl]

what bytecc enclosure is right for this hard drive? thank you

[MACK]

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...150-746&depa=0

Great enclosure

[tireman]

The last two I have used have been THIS ONE. Good design without all the flash.

[veryslowdsl]

are there any data loss hazards with external enclosures? and having a usb hookup, will that be quite slow?

[glc]

USB 2.0 is very fast. USB 1.1 is very slow. If you only have USB 1.1, get a combo USB/Firewire housing and get a Firewire card - Firewire is a lot more stable than USB and is just as fast as USB 2.0.

[veryslowdsl]

glc, how do i found out if i have usb 2.0 or 1.1?

[WhatsThisBoxFor?]

The motherboard specs (available on the makers site, if you know the model number) should tell you, and programs might. (I looked through Everest and couldn't find anything).

Originally Posted by veryslowdsl data loss hazards

I have an enclousure (not a BYTECC one though) and I take it to school everyday, and it gets a good shaking around in my bag. The screws also came out once, and (I have a 5" enclosure) was banging around in my bag. I am able to access all data (~10Gb) on the drive, all diagnostics and tests come up fine. I would not recomend treating a hard drive like this, but it just shows that they should be able to withstand some shaking etc without damage to data (although this will vary from drive to drive). I would also not recomend throwing the drive around etc.