HD enclosures capacity?

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chuckwillis

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i got a couple questions about hd enclosures capacity: i want to use an enclosure for a 750gig seagate.

1. how much capacity can an hd enclosure support? does it depend on the enclosure itself or the computer? i was looking at enclosures over at newegg.com and it had this enclosure that said supports up to 500GB. i dunno if it could actually support an hdd bigger than 500gb.

2. is aluminum-type enclosures generally the best choice?

3. is there such a thing as an 3'5 inch enclosure w/ fans that has e.sata? i looked for it at newegg.com and zipzoomfly.com but couldnt find any.

the main thing i wanna know is does the enclosure capacity depend on the enclosure itself or the computer?

i got a fairly modern pc and running xp sp2.



edit: an off topic question:
how do u know when ur hdd is beginning to die on u? is the death sudden or gradual? and if gradual, is there a way to estimate the time ur hdd will die?
 
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is both but if your pc can handle it then it is depended on the enclosure the ones on newegg higher than $50 says it takes 750gb drives.
 
about the if my pc can handle it, how do i know if my pc can handle it or not?

do i find out the info thru my sata controller?...how can i do that? cpu-z?
 
well i got my pc a lil bit over a year ago, its an hp pavilion a1210n. u think its modern enuf to support external hdd 750gb?

how do i find out more info on my sata controller? is there a program? sorry i aint good at computer stuff
 
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