{"id":717,"date":"2004-10-07T14:40:18","date_gmt":"2004-10-07T14:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2004\/10\/ultra-portable-external-storage.htm"},"modified":"2007-05-15T13:46:47","modified_gmt":"2007-05-15T12:46:47","slug":"ultra-portable-external-storage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2004\/10\/ultra-portable-external-storage.htm","title":{"rendered":"Ultra-portable external storage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve found the solution to my portable storage needs: an old (20Gb) laptop hard disk from my internal IT support department and a cheap (\u00c2\u00a32.99 + postage) USB enclosure picked up from <a href=\"http:\/\/rover.ebay.com\/rover\/1\/710-5232-2978-22\/1?aid=8132995&amp;pid=1875354\" target=\"_top\">eBay.co.uk<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tqlkg.com\/image-1875354-8132995\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" \/>. One of my clients bought something similar a few months back and it has taken me this long to get hold of a suitable hard disk; but now I have a decent amount of portable storage that I can format with NTFS (or any other file system I choose) and transfer between PCs at home and work.<\/p>\n<p>The enclosure I bought is mostly aluminium, with a single LED to indicate power and\/or drive access, and is just big enough for a slimline (9.5mm) laptop disk drive. It has a Y-shaped connector cable, with two USB 2.0 connectors at the forked end and a proprietary connection at the other, which is used to power the unit. I&#8217;ve found that I need to use both connectors to draw enough power on a Compaq or Dell laptop (The Compaq and IBM desktop PCs I tried seem to work with just one connection). 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