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Nas/usb enclosure in maplin €50

  • 21-12-2007 12:50am
    #1
    Kristok
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,464 ✭✭✭


    Got a very nice little nas drive in maplin last week it was on sale only cost €50

    Wasnt expecting much from it but it turns out to be pretty good. Ftp, smb etc.

    No brand name just generic enclosure but very good for the price.


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  • #2
    briman1983
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 292 ✭✭briman1983


    Hey ya saw that drive in there a few weeks ago meant to post a tread but forgot about it,

    Fair play to ya.

    Remember the packaging now, is it a ide or a sata hdd. I've a 500 geg ide lying around that I must stick into something.

    Cheers Briman


  • #3
    degsie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,755 ✭✭✭degsie


    If this is the one then that is a good price. Works great with XBMC :D


  • #4
    The Real B-man
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 3,740 Mod ✭✭✭✭The Real B-man


    Its only IDE :mad:


  • #5
    Saruman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,389 ✭✭✭✭Saruman


    It would have to be a gigabit connection for me. I may not have a gigabit switch at home but thats something i will be getting.


  • #6
    Stokolan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,809 ✭✭✭Stokolan


    If I got this case and decided to remove the Hard Drive from an external Drive Ihave would it work in it once its IDE? would I have to reformat or would I get away with just putting it in?


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  • #7
    Anti
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,401 ✭✭✭✭Anti


    ill be having a few of them i thnk :)


  • #8
    forbairt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,594 ✭✭✭forbairt


    Stokolan wrote: »
    If I got this case and decided to remove the Hard Drive from an external Drive Ihave would it work in it once its IDE? would I have to reformat or would I get away with just putting it in?

    should just work :) so long as your original drive is an IDE


  • #9
    Oracle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,630 ✭✭✭Oracle


    Yeah sweet price for that, and a good way to use up any old IDE hard drives knocking about.


  • #10
    Kristok
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,464 ✭✭✭Kristok


    degsie wrote: »
    If this is the one then that is a good price. Works great with XBMC :D

    Yea thats the one, and works great with xbmc my main reason for getting the nas.


  • #11
    byte
    Moderators, Regional North West Moderators Posts: 19,159 Mod ✭✭✭✭byte
    byte


    Kristok wrote: »
    Yea thats the one, and works great with xbmc my main reason for getting the nas.
    Sorry for going a bit OT, but in what way does this enclosure work great with XBMC?

    I have my XBMC'd Xbox lying idle, and considiering using this Xbox primarily as a media centre when I move into new house.


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  • #12
    mickoneill30
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,073 ✭✭✭mickoneill30


    byte wrote: »
    Sorry for going a bit OT, but in what way does this enclosure work great with XBMC?

    I have my XBMC'd Xbox lying idle, and considiering using this Xbox primarily as a media centre when I move into new house.

    Turn PC on, NAS is accessible on the network. Download "whatever" to NAS.
    Whenever the Xbox is on it can access the NAS. No need to leave a computer turned on.
    Absolutely great setup. Anybody I've shown my setup to has suddenly needed to go out and get an old Xbox.


  • #13
    byte
    Moderators, Regional North West Moderators Posts: 19,159 Mod ✭✭✭✭byte
    byte


    Thanks for reply. There could be uses for me ol' Xbox yet! I was considering selling it, but I don't think I will now :)


  • #14
    weeder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,469 ✭✭✭weeder


    fat32 only though


  • #15
    byte
    Moderators, Regional North West Moderators Posts: 19,159 Mod ✭✭✭✭byte
    byte


    weeder wrote: »
    fat32 only though
    I presume this is why it's considered Xbox-friendly?


  • #16
    mjsmyth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,108 ✭✭✭mjsmyth


    Although this NAS cannot use NTFS (from what has been posted here), XBMC has no problem with ntfs formatted drives... All my shares are on NTFS drives.

    MJ


  • #17
    Kristok
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,464 ✭✭✭Kristok


    the fat 32 limit just means you cant have any partition bigger than 32gb might be worth keeping in mind before getting this


  • #18
    AlmightyCushion
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,125 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    Kristok wrote: »
    the fat 32 limit just means you cant have any partition bigger than 32gb might be worth keeping in mind before getting this

    Are you sure? I thought you could have partitions of around a couple of terabytes. You won't be able to store files over 4GBs though. So not too good if you like to store massive files.


  • #19
    ongarite
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,373 ✭✭✭ongarite


    AlmightyCushion is correct. You can have it formatted as one large partition but with FAT32 you can't have files over 4GB (DVD ISOs)


  • #20
    Saruman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,389 ✭✭✭✭Saruman


    I know someone who picked up a media enclosure for €64 in maplin yesterday. It takes standard IDE drives, has a remote and vga out etc so you can play divx movies and mp3's directly from the drive.

    Its funny, when he told me about it first he said it was 500gb.. i was shocked and asked was he sure? I told him a 500gb hard drive alone would cost more than that :D I opened it up for him and there was no drive... :D
    Still €64 is not too bad for a media enclosure.


  • #21
    byte
    Moderators, Regional North West Moderators Posts: 19,159 Mod ✭✭✭✭byte
    byte


    Following on from the NAS enclosure, where special offer has expired.

    http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=221890&C=Newsletter&U=08P01-1_S2&T=-10970572

    £80stg for 250GB NAS (again FAT32, and no USB).


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  • #22
    dazberry
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,152 ✭✭✭dazberry


    Kristok wrote: »
    Got a very nice little nas drive in maplin last week it was on sale only cost €50

    Wasnt expecting much from it but it turns out to be pretty good. Ftp, smb etc.

    No brand name just generic enclosure but very good for the price.

    These are great - but they are constant Maplin specials (I have 2). They ramp the price up into the 90s, and then sudden they drop into the 50s/60s for special offers every 3 or 6 months (as I said I have 2). I have one in the hall beside my router and run it all the time - it powers down the disk when idle.

    These are actually rebadged by a number of manufacturers, I've upgraded mine a few times, the last link I used is currently down http://www.station-drivers.com/page/landisk.htm but google and you'll find a number of resources.

    D.


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