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Dom

 posted on 26th Apr 06 at 00:46

^^^^ only for 2.5" drives :(

Keep your pc, connect to the the router and use it as a server! Cheapest option - its FREE ;)

Otherwise, your going to have to spend a lot of money on a NAS setup, which will, as you've seen, is about £120+!!


personally i would would go with option one :thumbs:


John

 posted on 25th Apr 06 at 16:09

http://www.acernotebooks.co.uk/ASUS_Wireless_Access_Point_and_2.5_Inch_Hard_Drive_Enclosure_WL-HDD2.5/version.asp


Melville

 posted on 25th Apr 06 at 15:56

I want it to be available all the time from either laptop.

If its USB I will have to cart it around with my laptop depending upon where Im sitting.

Been having a look and I dont think there is any other way other than to get a NAS HDD but Im skint at the minute :(


Skylined

 posted on 25th Apr 06 at 15:51

Put your 100gb drive in an external USB caddy = approx £19.99

Then plug that into a laptop via the USB cable and transfer etc.

Easiest and cheapest way


Melville

 posted on 25th Apr 06 at 12:48

Ive seen the router that allows USB HDD's but I already have a router so dont want to buy another.


ssj_kakarot

 posted on 25th Apr 06 at 12:43

i dont think you can get the hardrive cases that plug into the router, ive never seen them.

however i have seen a router that will allow you to plug usb external hardrives into it.

but like i said i dont think just a normal harddrive enclosure will plug into your router.


Melville

 posted on 25th Apr 06 at 12:32

Link anyone? Never seen one :)


Andrew

 posted on 25th Apr 06 at 12:30

Yeah, you can get an external case that will conect to a network.


Melville

 posted on 25th Apr 06 at 12:30

And how would I connect that to my network?


Brett

 posted on 25th Apr 06 at 12:18

Why not just buy an external HDD case only and put your current 100GB HDD into it :boggle:


Melville

 posted on 25th Apr 06 at 11:40

Actually just had another look and the bigger you get the cheaper it becomes. £160 for 300gb which is much better value but I just dont have £100+ quid at the moment :(

If there is a way then I could just utilise my old HDD hopefully.


Melville

 posted on 25th Apr 06 at 11:36

Just got the internet put in at my new house and have decided to get rid of my main PC and just use our 2 laptops wireless. No problems there.

The only problem I have is that my PC had about 100gb of music on it that I dont want/cant put on the laptops as they only have 40gb HDD's. I have seen some external HDDs on ebuyer that will plug straight into a network port on my router and would do the job perferctly. However they are pretty expensive @£120 for 120gb of storage.

Is there anyway I can connect a normal HDD upto the router at a more cost effective manner?

Thanks for any help, Mark