seeking suitable 2.5in HD

[Madison Kelly]

David J Patrick wrote:
> I have a 2.5in USB2 enclosure that I bought for a spare (and now I find; 
> kaput) 12gig HD. I want to put something in there but before I go down 
> to College & Spadina, I'm hoping to enjoy, again, the collective wisdom 
> of TLUG.
> 
> -It doesn't have to be the highest capacity; 20gig would be fine, 40gig 
> fabulous.
> -must be min 7200rpm (for video)
> -should be as durable/reliable as possible (carried around in a bag)
> -bootable (maybe ubuntu, maybe DSL)
> 
> suggestions ?

As 2.5" drives go, I am pretty sure that they don't yet go higher than 
5,400rpm. My personal favourite is the Seagate Momentus drives. They are 
quite reliable.

Be careful, by the way. I looked for a USB2->2.5" IDE adapter (and case) 
and of the three I tried none worked properly under Linux for some 
reason. The ones I could see would lock up as soon as I started any kind 
of real file transfer.

Madison

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