Re: Cheap Enclosure for 4 IDE drives?

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From: Eric Gisin
Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2005 19:37

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I you don't have a case that holds 5 drives, get one for $30.
Far cheaper and safer than USB enclosures without fans.

<p1mp_ju1c3@salmahayeksknockers.edu> wrote in message news:PXTye.133295$on1.91681@clgrps13...
> I've got 4 80GB Drives that I'd like to redeploy in my house, but my
> existing computers don't have any free IDE connexions, PCI slots, or drive
> bays.  I also don't want to create another complete PC in my house.
>
> I've seen some IDE-raid enclosures, but they are all prohibitively expensive.
>
> I've seen IDE->USB adapters cheap on Ebay (~$12 each).  I'm thinking I could
> grab 4 of these, connect my drives to a hub, and place them all in a small
> PC tower, and connect the hub to one of my computers. It wouldn't be
> pretty, but it would be fairly inexpensive.
>
> What are people's thoughts on this?  Are there better solutions?
>

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