USB 2.0 vs IDE transfer speeds...

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by swalsh19, Mar 31, 2007.

  1. swalsh19

    swalsh19 Private First Class

    I have an old 2Gig laptop drive. I was thinking of throwing it into my PC for VISTA to use for extra memory.

    I was wondering though what would be the better way to hook it up. Costwise is the same. Should I buy an adapter to converter the laptop drive to IDE or should I just get a 2.5" drive enclosure and connect it via USB...
     
    swalsh19, Mar 31, 2007
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  2. baklogic

    baklogic The Tinkerer

    Vista likes 15gb of loading room, so I feel a 2gb disk will be of little use to yo.
     
    baklogic, Mar 31, 2007
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  3. prometheos

    prometheos Staff Sergeant

    I'm in love with USB, for extra drives. Since, it's 2GB, that's a perfect size for an external drive. That way, it doesn't consume a valuable IDE slot. :)
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    prometheos, Mar 31, 2007
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