External cases for internal IDE drives; LiveCDs

[James Knott]

moliver-fC0AHe2n+mcIvw5+aKnW+Pd9D2ou9A/h at public.gmane.org wrote:
> Quoting James Knott <james.knott-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org>:
> 
>> moliver-fC0AHe2n+mcIvw5+aKnW+Pd9D2ou9A/h at public.gmane.org wrote:
>>> Does anyone have any experience with external cases
>>> (USB or parallel port) for internal IDE drives?  I
>>> need one to work with quite an old drive (4GB).  It
>>> came with a Dell machine; I know Dell sometimes has
>>> some incompatibilities.  Will that make a difference?
>>
>> I recently bought an Adaptec case, from Factory Direct, for $20.  It 
>> works well.
> 
> Thanks.  What's "Factory Direct"?  A search brings up unrelated
> stuff; Adaptec themselves want fifty bucks for the case.

<http://www.factorydirect.ca/static/index.htm>

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