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Wazoo117
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Posted: 19th Mar 2009 04:18
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I have a 320GB SATA HD that someone gave me that originally went in a external enclosure. Well, the enclosure broke and I need to buy a new enclosure for it but I've been looking and they sell 3.5" ones but I measured my drive and it is 4" wide! Will it fit in a 3.5" enclosure?

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bitJericho
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Posted: 19th Mar 2009 05:23 Edited at: 19th Mar 2009 05:24
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There's no such thing as a 4 in wide hard drive (unless we're talking about pre-pc). Did you measure it long-ways? You need to measure it from left to right, or, the shorter of length and width. Sounds like you might have a 2.5 in drive.

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Wazoo117
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Posted: 19th Mar 2009 05:35
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No, I measured the width, not the length or thickness. I attatched a pic. It is also the same width of a standard IDE HD, if that helps...

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soapyfish
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Posted: 19th Mar 2009 06:02 Edited at: 19th Mar 2009 06:03
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Are you going to use it as an external drive? You could try something like this:
http://www.newertech.com/products/usb2_adaptv2.php

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Virtual Nomad
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Posted: 19th Mar 2009 06:45 Edited at: 19th Mar 2009 07:10
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that's a standard 3.5" drive. with enclosure, they are 4" wide. so, yes, they fit in standard "3.5 inch external enclosures".


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Wazoo117
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Posted: 19th Mar 2009 18:51
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Ok, cool, I thought this was the case (lol), but I wanted to make sure before spending any money.. Thanx everyone!

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bitJericho
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Posted: 21st Mar 2009 15:16
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Well how weird is that! Guess I never actually measured a drive, always assumed 3.5in drives were 3.5 in in width.

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Wazoo117
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Posted: 21st Mar 2009 21:19
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Thats ecxatly what I was thinking!

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