Posted by Barry OGrady on 11/29/06 04:03

On 28 Nov 2006 14:24:38 -0800, "Flarky" <yubbers9@yahoo.com> wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>I bought a 40 gig hard drive for a laptop computer once,
>and I've since sold the laptop but not the drive.
>It's a good Hitachi drive, with a parallel interface and
>probably has data on it that I can use or need.
>
>However I can't make use of the drive.
>
>1. My current laptop is SATA, so I can't
>install a PATA drive.
>
>2. I have a USB 2.5" enclosure, but USB doesn't provide
>enough current to run the drive. The drive
>needs 1 ampere. Another 4 gig drive that I had
>did work with the enclosure. It used 0.5 amperes.
>
>3. I don't have an iPod or any other MP3 player
>to put the drive into, and thereby hook it up to the computer.
>
>4. The AC power supply for my enclosure is
>rare and costs $6.5 + $16 shipping from
>coolerexpress.com, which is ridiculous.

That's not so bad, only a total of $22.50.

>After if get any data off the drive,
>the question remains, how to make use
>of it for backups and/or for music/video.
>
>Option A
>I have noticed that there are now 2.5" enclosures
>that have MP3 and video playing capability,
>but no screens (!). I don't want to waste my
>money on one of those. They don't even come with
>AC adaptors usually.
>
>Option B
>Buy an old iPod and put this drive in it,
>discarding the original drive. Does anybody
>know if the original iPods will even take a
>40 gig drive?
>
>Option C = preferred
>Does anybody know if there is an MP3 player
>manufacturer that sells an MP3 players
>with a screen on it but with an empty hard drive
>bay?

Buy an adapter and put it in a desktop.
or
Splurge the $22.50 for the adapter.

>Thanks.

Barry
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