Can I turn my now PC harddrive into a Enclosed USB hardrive for a Mac?

[erkanasu]

Finally my MPB has shipped, and now i am ready to prepare for its arrival. I would like to get a external harddrive for it (only has 80 gig hd). Is there a way to convert my now ATA133 IDE harddrive in my PC into a enclosed case with USB that is compatible with my MBP? trying to save a few bucks after this huge purchase.
-paul

 

[Blue Velvet]

Yes, it's extremely easy. Just use Disk Utility to format it to OSX Journaled and away you go... have just done the same thing this week with an Icy Box enclosure.

But get a firewire enclosure, it's faster and will let you boot from the external if necessary.

 

[plinkoman]

as said above, this is way easy.

and definitely go with firewire

 

[kiwi-in-uk]

Yep - very easy.
I have two in firewire enclosures, daisy chained - very handy (and portable if you are careful).

 

[erkanasu]

oh this is good information! Do you guys have any recommendations for a reliable firewire enclosure? thanx
-paul

 

[plinkoman]

i'd check out one off these sites, they have plenty of good enclosures to choose from

http://fwdepot.com/thestore/default.php
http://cooldrives.com/
http://rosewill.com/product/category.aspx?CategoryId=17&AnchorId=table_14_32

 

[erkanasu]

thnx