That'll sure work. I have a Vantec that works fine with Vista. Be sure to
check your machine's connector for type and the back of the Vantec too so
that you get the right cable. There "I" to "I" and "I" to "L" types.
"Sirboy" <Sirboy.33nu80@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
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Quote:
>
> Colin Barnhorst;583630 Wrote: Quote:
>> First of all I would not buy an IDE drive. I would buy a SATA drive for
>> the
>> same money. It is easy to buy a SATA enclosure that supports both SATA
>> and
>> USB 2.0 cables and have the flexibility of using the set with your next
>> computer's eSATA port (the transfer rate is more than 7 times faster
>> than
>> with usb2) as well as with a usb port on your present machine.
>>
>> The IDE controller is in firmware on your motherboard. There are no
>> drivers
>> that you would install for it. In any case, the drive will not be seen
>> as
>> an IDE drive by your computer when it is mounted in a usb enclosure. It
>> will be seen by the computer as a usb mass storage device. The type of
>> drive does not matter to the computer when mounted that way. It is the
>> drive enclosure has the contoller in it and that is when the type of
>> drive
>> matters.
>>
>> The problem I think you are describing concerning mixing PATA (IDE) and
>> SATA
>> drives only pertained to installing Vista on a machine that had both
>> SATA
>> and PATA drives internally. Vista Setup preferred to write the BDC
>> store on
>> the PATA drive regardless of which drive was used as "C:". The advice
>> was
>> to force the BCD store to be written to the C: drive by disconnecting
>> the
>> PATA drive before installation. Once Vista was installed without a PATA
>> drive, the PATA drive could be connected again without any further
>> issues.
>>
>> Since a drive in an external usb drive enclosure is not using your
>> computer's internal IDE or SATA controllers but simply transferring
>> data
>> over the usb bus it makes no difference to the computer what the drive
>> is
>> inside the enclosure.
>>
>> "Sirboy" <Sirboy.33nq24@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
>> news:Sirboy.33nq24@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net...> > > Quote:
>> > >
>> > > Hi Colin,
>> > >
>> > > Thanks for the reply. The re-installation of Vista comment was meant
>> > > for Vista to recognize an IDE drive that I pulled from my XP box. I
>> > read
>> > > that when you install Vista on a box with SATA drives only and then
>> > add
>> > > and IDE drive after installing Vista, that Vista doesn't install the
>> > IDE
>> > > drivers. I'm getting my info mixed up after reading too much 
.
>> > >
>> > > Is there an advantage to buying an internal IDE drive and sticking it
>> > > into a hdd enclosure as oppose to just buying an external hard drive?
>> > >
>> > > Thanks,
>> > > Vince
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > --
>> > > Sirboy > > >
> Thanks for your help. I knew that I came to the right place. I'll
> probably go out and get the following:
>
> Vantec Nexstar 3 (NST-360SU-BK) 3.5" SATA to eSATA/USB2.0 HDD External
> Enclosure Black
>
> Western Digital WD4000KS 400GB 16MB SATA
>
> Regards
>
>
> --
> Sirboy