You can use what is called a mobile rack to house an external HD. 
The shell of the rack fits in a slot on the front of a PC. A 
removable drawer containing a normal HD then slides into the 
mounted rack.
The benefits are:
1.	Much faster data transfer (same speed as an internal HD).
2.	Pull out the drawer when not required and store off site.
3.	Cheaper than other external HD set-ups.

Orf Bartrop

Diane Kroeckel wrote:

> I would like to know what is better.  Hooking up an external HD (actually
> an internal HD using an external HD kit) to a USB 2.0 connection or using
> Firewire.  I know there is a price difference for the kits, but is it
> worth it?  How much faster is hooking up an internal backup drive inside
> your computer directly to a ribbon?  My backup HD's range from 10 GB to
> 80 GB.
> 
> I'm running Win XP2 and have a main 120 GB HD which I'm backing up.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Diane Kroeckel
> 
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