If i have an external enclosure, can i hook up more than one hard drive to it?

[5489]

If i want to hook up a couple of hard drives using firewire or usb 2.0. Is an external enclosure the only way to go? What other possibilities are there.

 

[zzzz]

people have reported that they have used two HDs in one firewire enclosure.

 

[5489]

how would you go about doing that? there's only one input

 

[5489]

^^^

 

[5489]

anyone?

 

[5489]

Can i hook up 2 hard drives to this?
here

External 3.5"/5.25" Hard Drive Enclosure (IDE to IEEE 1394) - ( Silver/Silver ). Oxford chipset. RETAIL BOX Fitting for CD-ROMs, CD-Rs, CD-RWs, DVD-ROMs, DVD-RAMs, and 3.5" Hard Drives, IDE to Firewire, interface. Plug and Play. Hot-swappable connection. Stackable casing. Retail Box. Please see images. --* Works With PC & Mac *-- Model#: ME-320F Special FedEx Saver Shipping $8.00

 

[5489]

bump

 

[5489]

no1 has this?

 

[RPB]

i would say no it's not.

i have a ads usb 2.0 case and although it's not the same case it is similar as in made for 3.5 ide hardrives and 5.25 optical drives.

its controller is not like the controller on your mainboard that has a bios for master and slave drives.

 

[corkyg]

I just today installed a Firewire card and a ADS Firewire HDD enclosure for a friend. It contains one HDD. No room for more. But . . . all I need to do to add more drives is to get additional enclosures and daisy chain them. They come with a 6-inch 1394 6x6 connector.

There are enclosures built for multiple drives as well.

 

[5489]

Originally posted by: corky-g
I just today installed a Firewire card and a ADS Firewire HDD enclosure for a friend. It contains one HDD. No room for more. But . . . all I need to do to add more drives is to get additional enclosures and daisy chain them. They come with a 6-inch 1394 6x6 connector.

There are enclosures built for multiple drives as well.

where can i get the enclosures built for multiple drives?