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
>
> Visit our website regularly for FAQs,
> articles, how-to's, tech tips and much more
> http://freepctech.com
>
>
>
--
No virus found in this outgoing message.
Checked by AVG Free Edition.
Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.4.4/319 - Release Date: 19/04/2006
Do you want to signoff PCBUILD or just change to
Digest mode - visit our web site:
http://freepctech.com/pcbuild.shtml