External enclosure for old Macbook HD plz

[jonomo]

Hello Ya'll...

I got a 60 giger in my Macbook and I'm upgrading to 120gig...

I want to get an external enclosure for my old 60 gig drive... Can anyone recommend one? It would have to be a Serial ATA.. and firewire...

Does it have to be firewire in order to be a bootable drive???

Please help!!

Thanks in advance...

 

[emotion]

Wiebetech Toughtech Mini:

http://www.wiebetech.com/products/toughtech_mini.php

Expensive but looks to be very high quality. Hard to find as well which is a shame.

I'm surprised there aren't more of these about tbh given the demand that will be there from macbook owners.

 

[mr_matalino]

I know firewire is bootable but I'm not sure about USB?

 

[Butters]

I'm in the exact same situation and I decided to buy this
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Portable-Fi...00026CBE0/ref=pd_sbs_ce_1/026-8353478-5358829

I'm expecting it tomorrow. Everything seemed to be in order but can aybody confirm whether or not this will work with my old MacBook 60gig SATA drive?

If it does then it's a much more affordable option for the OP

 

[live4ever]

I'm in the exact same situation and I decided to buy this
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Portable-Fi...00026CBE0/ref=pd_sbs_ce_1/026-8353478-5358829

I'm expecting it tomorrow. Everything seemed to be in order but can aybody confirm whether or not this will work with my old MacBook 60gig SATA drive?

If it does then it's a much more affordable option for the OP

Not going to work - it's an IDE/PATA enclosure.

 

[Mal]

I'll see if I can hunt down the one I got, though it's really basic. USB is bootable though, I did it with my drive that I removed.

jW

 

[Butters]

Not going to work - it's an IDE/PATA enclosure.

Ah, looks like I'll be returning that then. Might as well put the drive on ebay too and just buy a new (bigger) external drive

 

[jonomo]

So can anyone recommend one for me?