A hard drive and a wireless router

have a look at the case see how it opens

[ngazidja]

(http://www.amazon.co.uk/Iomega-Ultra...559311&sr=1-11)

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four philips screws on the bottom, it seems.

there you go then simples unplug it all and have a look inside. The new enclosure will pretty much go together the same way as this comes apart

[ngazidja]

so if it's not sata is it ide?

[Dai]

Originally Posted by ngazidja

so if it's not sata is it ide?

It will be one or the other. It should be simple to tell. If the data cable plugged into the back of the drive is 80 wires wide it's IDE. If it's a skinny cable about 1cm wide it's SATA.

[ngazidja]

Originally Posted by DaiNasty

If the data cable plugged into the back of the drive is 80 wires wide it's IDE.

Do I have to count them?

[Dai]

Originally Posted by ngazidja

Do I have to count them?

LOL, if you run out of fingers it's IDE...

[ngazidja]

Ok, slightly baffled, only 79...

No, seriously, it's a red cable, flat but not actually thin (if that makes sense - it's not thin like a ribbon cable), about 7.5 mm wide. Given the price (I paid about £90 for it) I would have expected it not to be SATA - so am I looking at 80 wires all bundled in together?

sounds like a sata cable to me I take it there is a power connection too a wider plug but similar to the smaller cable

[Aragorn]

What about a combined NAS / Router - such as this - plug the USB drive into the router and let the router share the disk on the network.

[Dai]

Originally Posted by ngazidja

Ok, slightly baffled, only 79...

No, seriously, it's a red cable, flat but not actually thin (if that makes sense - it's not thin like a ribbon cable), about 7.5 mm wide. Given the price (I paid about £90 for it) I would have expected it not to be SATA - so am I looking at 80 wires all bundled in together?

You have 79 fingers?!!

Seriously, sounds like SATA to me as well.

http://www.cooldrives.com/18seatsaiiul.html

[ngazidja]

Originally Posted by DaiNasty

http://www.cooldrives.com/18seatsaiiul.html

Yup, that's the one. I won't wonder how I seem to have bought a SATA drive for the price of a non-SATA drive...

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Originally Posted by Aragorn

What about a combined NAS / Router - such as this - plug the USB drive into the router and let the router share the disk on the network.

Wow, sounds perfect - and I can plug in a printer, too. So what's the catch?

[Aragorn]

Originally Posted by ngazidja

Yup, that's the one. I won't wonder how I seem to have bought a SATA drive for the price of a non-SATA drive...

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Wow, sounds perfect - and I can plug in a printer, too. So what's the catch?

It seems to have some mixed reviews but there are other makes out there. But it is designed to fit a niche market which you want to make use of!

But USB is a crap way of sharing a drive.

[ngazidja]

Ah, no firewire... But there must be firewire versions, no?