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5.25" drive usb 2.0/firewire case needed

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Old 10-20-2003, 10:49 PM
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Default 5.25" drive usb 2.0/firewire case needed

i am looking to but one of these to put a recently purchased 160gd hard drive in for data storage/backups off my desktop &/or laptop

found one for $49.95 @ this site (under "enclosure case" about 1/2 way down)

direct link to item

just wondering if somebody knows of the same item for cheaper somewhere
Old 10-21-2003, 02:27 AM
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try newegg or computergeeks
my friend has a 5.25 and theyre just huge...i wanna get one but it'd have to e 3.5"
Old 10-21-2003, 03:54 AM
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oh I thought you were looking for a 5.25" floppy disk drive. :chuckles:
Old 10-21-2003, 08:52 AM
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get a 3.5", not a 5.25. those are too damned big

here ya go
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduc...tion=BF%2D2003
43 shipped
Old 10-21-2003, 09:01 AM
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what exactly are these for?
Old 10-21-2003, 09:03 AM
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Originally posted by Samson
what exactly are these for?
place an internal hard drive into it and you can basically use it on any computer for storage and the transfer speeds will be lightning




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