External Hard Drive Questions

I've had a V1 Western Digital 60Gb Passport 2.5" HDD since Christmas 2005. It was great, until it died today, as when I plugged in the USB-B cable, the USB mount came of its PCB..

So, now I want a new one, but I havn't really looked at any of the reviews of them. So I wanted to know..:

Is it worth getting E-SATA over USB, and with E-SATA HDD's do I need an external PSU?

I'm really after ~200-250GB in a 2.5" enclosure.

So, what would you say about this?

Also, can I take the 60GB IDE HDD from the busted PCB and shove it into one of these to use/sell on aswell?

Thanks.

 

could you not get a new pcb connector and solder new one on?

 

Probs, but I'm a retard with a soldering Iron. Also, the case the HDD came in is pretty battered up.

 

my friend has that one, he says he love it. fast transfer and portable

I think it comes with a case too.

 

orite fair enough. as for the one your looking at thats quite reasonably priced and they are good HDD. With the E-SATA i think im right in saying you need to power it separately as power of sata isnt available yet

 

esata is definitely worth it, but make sure you get one with usb as well. and esata has no power. you will need a brick for it.

yes, as long as the busted adapter hasn't fried the hard drive's controller as well.