Recommended External Hard Drive??
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From: Bob Villa on 2 Mar 2010 06:31 On Mar 2, 1:46 am, "Timothy Daniels" <NoS...(a)SpamMeKnot.biz> wrote: > "Sam" <sc...(a)att.net> wrote: > >I am trying to buy an external hard drive and am having trouble finding a brand/model that has an internal cooling fan. > >I did a web search for the WD My Book 3.0, and even though it is new, it does not have an internal fan. I phoned WD > >and they said that they do not make any desktop external HDs with an internal fan! > > > I would appreciate any information/suggestions about a reliable external HD with a cooling fan. My last external HD, > > I had to purchase an HD enclosure with an internal fan and used an internal HD with it. Thanks, Sam. > > For eSATA and SATA, check out Kingwin for forced convection cooling > (i.e. fans) in their external HD enclosures. They include a power module. > You supply the hard drive. > > For flexible "round" eSATA cables, check out:http://www.svc.com/esata-cable.html (They don't move the external > enclosure around as the standard stiff eSATA cables do.) > > *TimDaniels* One of my drives is a Kingwin case ($15,Meritline) and a WD 80Gb SATA HDD($30,Newegg)...cheap insurance! bob_v |