Tavis Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 Hi everyone , For the past few days i've been looking for a hard drive enclosure that works with a mac, supports hfs+ , will boot OSX from it , is 3.5" , ide only , firewire 400, and I can get it in the UK , Cheap ! Any help or finds are greatly apriciated. Im going mad looking for one Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/59667-exernal-hard-drive-enclosures/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headrush69 Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 Ultra makes a line of products that have worked flawless for me for a long time. (has USB2 and Firewire) http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/Se...&CatId=2779 Tigerdirect does have a UK branch also. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/59667-exernal-hard-drive-enclosures/#findComment-424810 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tavis Posted August 11, 2007 Author Share Posted August 11, 2007 Thanks , Cheap too , Extremley cheap Shame though , I it on any of the uk sites Back to square 1 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/59667-exernal-hard-drive-enclosures/#findComment-425064 Share on other sites More sharing options...
munky Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 basically ANY FireWire or USB2 case is going to work. inside, they're just normal IDE or SATA drives, so save yourself a packet and buy an enclosure and drive separately. personally, i use a QCool OTG, which also has a multiformat card reader built in, which can optionally copy flash cards to a FAT32 partition on the HDD without being connected to a computer. great for when you're out and about with a camera and you run out of space on your card. works perfectly as a USB2 hard disk too (yes, even HFS+ etc). i got it off ebay. have a look at http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/USB-2-0-OTG-digital-...bayphotohosting thats not exactly the same as mine, but there were various versions. a review is located at: http://www.the-gadgeteer.com/review/qcool_..._hd_case_review i highly recommend it. its cheap and cheerful, but it works EDIT: Ok, sorry, just realised you said 3.5'' only. But remember 3.5 is going to requrie a power supply, whereas 2.5'' can be bus-powered. Anyway, for 3.5'' enclosures, any of them will let you use HFS+, and most (if not all) should let you boot from firewire. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/59667-exernal-hard-drive-enclosures/#findComment-426492 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headrush69 Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 There are tons: http://www.dabs.com/ProductList.aspx?Searc...mp;SearchType=1 That is a UK based store too. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/59667-exernal-hard-drive-enclosures/#findComment-427117 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aufgedyng Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 Hi, Anyone know of a highend external harddrive enclosure with eSata and FW800? I'm looking for a reliable robust solution, also which brand of harddrives are the best and most reliable today? Any help appreciated. Thanks! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/59667-exernal-hard-drive-enclosures/#findComment-446326 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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