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Old 04-09-2011, 22:27   #1
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Recommendations on an External HD Caddy
I have 2 x 320GB SATA II Maxtor Hard Disks im not using and i wish to place them in an External Caddy.

Could someone recommend a half decient one which has good cooling also as these drives have breathing holes on the top.

The Caddy has to be USB II.

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Old 07-09-2011, 02:39   #2
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Re: Recommendations on an External HD Caddy
You could consider a Docking Station.
I have been using a NewLink for some time now and I couldn’t live without it, it is both E-SATA and USB-2 but I have only used it with E-SATA, although mine only holds a single drive it is hot swappable. The drive runs cool and insertion and removal is nice and easy, there is a button which pushes the drive up for removal.
Here is a LINK for a USB-2 Docking Station for 2 drives which looks like it came from the same manufacturer as mine.
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Re: Recommendations on an External HD Caddy
Now i was warned off these docs a year ago.

A friend of mine who works in Maplins said they were having all theirs back because of data loss or they stop working and when i was looking on ebuyer at some of the docs a few reviews said the same thing about data loss or they stopped working.
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Re: Recommendations on an External HD Caddy
Very strange. I've got one which I use on a regular basis for backups and recovering client data. It's never failed or given me any trouble at all.
Having said that I'd still choose a caddy for permanent use as the drive is more protected and convenient for use.
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Re: Recommendations on an External HD Caddy
I have had mine about 18 months and during that time I haven't had a single problem, having said that, I have only used the E-SATA connection and the performance is exactly the same as an internal drive, in fact the kit has performed much better than I thought it would do. I have used it a lot for keeping multiple backup's, in fact I have just finished restoring my backup files from it. Mine came with all the cables and a power supply and there are four USB-2 ports on it, I paid about £15 at the time.
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Re: Recommendations on an External HD Caddy
The only drive cases I've seen with fan cooling, are the ones that can take a 5 1/4" optical drive, and have mounting positions for a HD. The little tiny fan also generates more noise than air!
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