New Drives in Old External Cases?

prairiefire · Nov 14, 2009, 02:30 PM

I want to replace some smaller drives in external hard drive cases with newer, larger drives.

I have several FW800 cases that are holding 3.5" SATA drives from 160 GB to 750 GB. What I'd like to do is replace them with 1.5 TB drives (to match the 1.5's) in my new MacPro Quad 2.66.

Other than voiding the warranties on those externals, is there a physical reason that this won't work?

Thanks.

sjh

dukebound85 · Nov 14, 2009, 02:32 PM

make sure that the internal interface is the same aka that the new hdd have the same interface as the old (sta for instance)

Fishrrman · Nov 15, 2009, 10:42 AM

If all your _new_ drives are going to be SATA drives, have you considered one of these:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss?ur...a+dock&x=0&y=0

Makes drive-swapping easy, and you won't have to mess with the old external cases.

- John

Nov 14, 2009, 02:30 PM	#1
prairiefire macrumors member Join Date: Jun 2007	New Drives in Old External Cases? I want to replace some smaller drives in external hard drive cases with newer, larger drives. I have several FW800 cases that are holding 3.5" SATA drives from 160 GB to 750 GB. What I'd like to do is replace them with 1.5 TB drives (to match the 1.5's) in my new MacPro Quad 2.66. Other than voiding the warranties on those externals, is there a physical reason that this won't work? Thanks. sjh

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Nov 15, 2009, 10:42 AM	#3
Fishrrman macrumors 6502 Join Date: Feb 2009	If all your _new_ drives are going to be SATA drives, have you considered one of these: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss?ur...a+dock&x=0&y=0 Makes drive-swapping easy, and you won't have to mess with the old external cases. - John