Mart,

The external drive I was trying to recover data from was a LaCie 250GB
"Little Disk" (301830) that has both usb2 and FW400 interfaces. Dabs have
them at £64.98. Scan don't appear to stock them. The £126 job that you
found at Scan has a usb2 interface but also has an RJ45 10/100MHz ethernet
interface making it Network Attached Storage (NAS) that can be connected
directly to a router or switch. This capability always adds a fair amount
to the price of a drive as it requires the drive to have a processor (cpu)
and memory.
--
Mike


Mart wrote:

Mike,

Just did a 'back-of-an-envelope' price check on Scan site.

A LaCie 300 GB Ext USB HDD (3.5"?) = £126
A WD 320 GB 3.5 IDE HDD (£45) + Newlink 3.5 IDE-USB Enclosure (£11) =
£56
AND - you can access the HDD in the Newlink enclosure bg

No contest!!

Oops! - Just seen your post Joan. Hope yours was somewhat cheaper
than £126