Recommend a External case for HD, USB 2.0, Firewire

[koolhand]

Need a recommendation for a good External Enclosure for a 3.5" EIDE HD drive (200GB).
This is for a friend that wants to use it for back-up of laptop.

Has to be USB 2.0 & Firewire combo. Looked at Newegg, any other recs?

TIA.

Also, I bought THIS FROM NEWEGG, no longer avail

(Kingwin KH-350UF-S) case, but the firewire won't work. Bought a 4pin to 6pin adapter to plug into my laptop, but drive not recognized. Thought my cable ($2) was too cheap, so bought a $20 cable from Walmart and it still won't recognize. Tried Kingwin site, but no firewire drivers, USB drivers were for win98, and USB 2.0 worked fine.

 

[Operandi]

I've used a few of these in the past. Great build quality, and very sleek, clean looks.

 

[koolhand]

anyone?

 

[koolhand]

Tried uninstalling the firewire driver, then have system automatically install driver. Ext HD still not recognized.

 

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

Avoid the Vantec Nexstar 2 like the plague. In fact, I won't ever be getting something from this company again, based on this drives quality and performance. Back part broke under normal use; corrupted hard drive (had to reformat the drive); erratic dependability... Everything an external shouldn't.

 

[DBSX]

I have one of these that I use to transfer data from my main computer at home and my laptop. I like the look, and the quality is top notch (I've had it almost a year). Once I replace the last of my PATA hard drives for SATA I'll get a couple more of these for external backup. They stack well too.

\Dan

 

[reynrv]

I have 2 of these and like them a lot.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817145657

Ignore the reviewer that says it only supports USB1.1. That's a lie. (I benched the USB2 interface at ~30MB/S in HDTach)

(I also have 2 of the straight USB2 enclosures)

 

[Zepper]

re. Kingwin. Have you been to their site to look for info? (Hmmmm, I've not been able to get thru to their site today.)

Quite a few here seem to like the Bytecc enclosures.

..bh.

 

[koolhand]

Yes been to the Kingwin site, only win98 USB drivers, nothing on firewire.