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hard drive media enclosures

  • 18-12-2007 10:01am
    #1
    ZOLTAN28
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 515 ✭✭✭


    Hi

    Anyone know anyhting about these yokes?

    How easy is it to install and format a hard drive into one (foor someone aho has never done anyhting similar) or can you buy them with hard drives already installed - would be looking for 500GB minimum


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  • #2
    layke
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,956 ✭✭✭layke


    eBay. Costs a tenner/fifteen, got one for the ex a while back and was decent quality. The great thing about computers is; if the cable doesn't fit it doesn't go there. This means that it's fairly straight forward to setup.

    To format it, open my computer right click on your removable usb hdd. Select format and your done.


  • #3
    ZOLTAN28
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 515 ✭✭✭ZOLTAN28


    sounds pretty simple all right

    what about compatibility issues, size of hard drive etc.

    I have heard some of these enclosures manuals are fairly brutal


  • #4
    Shiny
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,259 ✭✭✭Shiny


    Yeah I just got one in Maplin yesterday. Was going to give it to my sister.
    Jaysus is it an annoying piece of **** to set up.
    It will only do fat32, Drivers aren't compatable with vista, isn't recognised when
    I plug in the usb, will have another go at getting it working tonight.

    Otherwise its going back to Maplin.

    PS the Manual is terrible and has no troubleshooting section.
    Fairly pissed off overall.

    Although I do have another media drive and it works perfectly in
    every way except that it has a small remote.


  • #5
    zod
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,025 ✭✭✭zod


    http://www.pixmania.com/ie/uk/525074/art/storex/club-mpix-355-500-gb-usb.html

    can be bougth in pcworld also


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