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<blockquote data-quote="hughvane" data-source="post: 727226" data-attributes="member: 56231"><p>I agree with Noel about swapping the drives, but if cost is a consideration, you can avoid using an external enclosure by using instead a SATA-USB adaptor kit. About US$18, it is a very useful peripheral, and can be connected to both SATA and ATA drives, also optical drives. I have two of them, and am regularly hooking up 'bare' drives of one sort or another to my Macs.</p><p></p><p>If you do go the way of an external enclosure, try to locate one with the Oxford chipset, as they seem to give far fewer firewire problems. If it's just USB, almost any 2.5" enclosure will do.</p><p></p><p>My plug goes with Hitachi drives - very reliable.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hughvane, post: 727226, member: 56231"] I agree with Noel about swapping the drives, but if cost is a consideration, you can avoid using an external enclosure by using instead a SATA-USB adaptor kit. About US$18, it is a very useful peripheral, and can be connected to both SATA and ATA drives, also optical drives. I have two of them, and am regularly hooking up 'bare' drives of one sort or another to my Macs. If you do go the way of an external enclosure, try to locate one with the Oxford chipset, as they seem to give far fewer firewire problems. If it's just USB, almost any 2.5" enclosure will do. My plug goes with Hitachi drives - very reliable. [/QUOTE]
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