which enclosure for notebook EIDE HDD 1

[thisisboni]

Hi:

I have a Dell Inspiron 630m -
factory HDD - was 40Gb EIDE
upgrading to - 120Gb EIDE

I want to use the 40Gb as a backup / external HDD - I was wondering wether the enclosure also are EIDE / SATA etc.. - I find IDE and SATA enclosures but not sue which one to go for - any advise / experience will be more that appriciated.

Tx!

 

[vacunita]

Notebook hard drives are 2.5 inch.

Which means you'll want an IDE or EIDE 2.5 inch enclosure.

SATA is a different interface and as such will not work, unless it expressly states it has both SATA and IDE interfaces and even then it will likely be more expensive, and you won;t use the SATA interface.



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[thisisboni]

Thanks for the reply !

 

[tj1182]

I bought one from newegg for $3.99, it looks like a cheap piece of plastic but it works fine, I had it for almost a year now and use it everyday for my DVD player.