Interesting, thanks.At the risk of reopening a discussion, what did you use
to clone your C: drive?cheers
jez
On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 5:31 PM, Chuck Norcutt <
chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I ordered 3 WiebeTech protective drive cases and they arrived this
> morning. <http://www.wiebetech.com/products/cases.php> It's a simple,
> semi-rigid plastic box not much larger than the 3-1/2" drive it's built
> to contain... 183x120x29mm.
>
> Inside are 6 thin rectangular posts about 10mm wide that stick up from
> the bottom and reach nearly to the top. The posts are a bit springy and
> are mounted inboard from the sides of the case to provide some
> cushioning distance. The drive fits snugly down between the posts and
> the top of the posts are tapered toward the outside to make insertion
> easy. There is also a small, dense foam pad about 25mm square with
> adhesive on the back. There are no directions included but I have
> assumed that this pad is to be stuck to the inside center of the cover.
> All is held snugly in place when the cover is closed and latched with
> its molded snap latches.
>
> At $7 each this is a high profit item for the manufacturer but I'm glad
> I've got them. It looks like they will work very well and are much
> cheaper than buying eSATA cases for each drive. I found a couple of
> sites selling them other than WiebeTech's own but both were more
> expensive than the manufacturer. I've discovered that the BlacX drive
> dock works very well for use with bare drives and, for only the second
> time in my life, I now have a cloned boot drive ready to install should
> the C drive fail.
>
> I bought the BlacX drive dock from Amazon because I was able to get a
> couple of other small things with no shipping charges.
> <
> http://www.amazon.com/Thermaltake-Sata-HDD-Docking-Station/dp/B0012Z3MKW/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1232468674&sr=8-3
> >
> But what appears to be the same thing for $24.99 can be found here
> <http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=EN391&cpc=SCH>
> Or with the addition of 4 flash card slots for $29.99 here
> <http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=EN391-S2HC&cpc=SCH>
>
> Chuck Norcutt
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