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Date:	Mon, 29 Jul 2002 09:04:02 PST7
From:	Ray Davison <raydav@charter.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Re: Drive Image Backups

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Cyberguys.com. They have several. I got the cheapest; $7.50. They
work in every machine I have tried them in. I do not have any drives
faster than 5400.

Ray

Wayne Cypress wrote:
>
> >Hi Wayne
> >why don't you choose Ray's solution ?
>
> >Get a plug-in bay and a (or some) additonal HDD frames for your
> >additional HDD's.
> >So you will have a quite cost-effective and flexible solution.
>
> >Perhaps you can use some elder "too small" HDD's as external
> >storage for some specific purposes !?
>
> >Regards, svobi
>
> Yeah, I kinda liked Ray's approach. I've never seen the plug-in bays he
> mentioned, and I'm wondering where you find them.
> I'll have to check out eBay to see if any show up there.
> The beauty of Ray's setup is the ability to carry the backup offsite, and
> older HDD's are probably cheaper than Zip media.
>
> I do (also) have an old PS/2 mod 95 with hard drive "trays" so I guess it
> must be something on that order.
>
> I'm not sure what a hard drive "frame" is, though I suspect it's a separate
> box to contain HDD's... how does it get attached?
> If it was scsi, I suspect the external adapter plug for the scsi cable can
> be used, but are there IDE frames as well?
>
> Wayne
>
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