$99 - 160GB 2.5" Portable Hard Drive with USB 2.0 / 1394 Firewire @ ShoppingSquare.com.au

Store Repdanilochan on 25/04/2008 - 11:31 shoppingsquare.com.au (414 clicks)

Hotway Premium quality enclosure with USB2.0 and 1394 Firewire connection.
(It's not those $10 2.5" enclosure)

it's almost sold out in a morning, better be quick.

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aeon on 25/04/2008 - 19:59

Anyone know what sort of hard drive is used in this, it says Samsung 160GB in the blurb at the bottom, but is it IDE/SATA, 5400rpm? etc…
scotty on 25/04/2008 - 22:38

By the way the postage is $18. The drive is probably this one on their site — 160GB Spinpoint 5400RPM Ultra ATA 100 (i.e. IDE). Good deal, consider the drive along is almost $100 (although you can get the drive cheaper elsewhere).
POWERevolution on 26/04/2008 - 01:07

Never heard of Hotway case before.
I prefer Vantec case!
Crownie on 26/04/2008 - 08:11

Great Price
The drive is worth around $90 from a computer store and the enclosure is $39.95 from ShoppingSquare. That total is around $130. ShoppingSquare will charge ONLY $118 to have it delivered to your door.
Crownie on 26/04/2008 - 17:51

The only issue I have now is the HDD interface.
I have another of the EXACT same drive in a cheap external case. I would like to be able to take the drive out and maybe put into my Dell 9400 laptop. The Dell has a 100gb 7200 RPM HDD. Am I able to do so? Would it be wise to do so?
- scotty on 26/04/2008 - 20:29
  
  I think Dell Inspiron 9400 has the 100GB SATA drive, whereas this one has the older IDE interface, which means the disk drives won't be compatible.
Crownie on 27/04/2008 - 05:19

Thanks again Scotty. I'm going to stick with what I have, even though this bargain is a much better option for anyone wanting good eternal 2.5" storage.