My apologies if this is a bit off topic... I am going to start doing backups to removable hard drives and I will need to send these hard drives to an off-site storage facility. I am looking for some way to protect the drives after I pull them out of the system. I was hoping to find some kind of clamshell enclosure similar to what is used with external hard drives, but so far I haven't found anything. Do you guys know of anything like this? How do you protect your removable drives when they are not in the computer? -- Bowie
On Jan 24, 2008 4:54 PM, Bowie Bailey <Bowie_Bailey at buc.com> wrote:> My apologies if this is a bit off topic... > > I am going to start doing backups to removable hard drives and I will > need to send these hard drives to an off-site storage facility. I am > looking for some way to protect the drives after I pull them out of the > system. I was hoping to find some kind of clamshell enclosure similar > to what is used with external hard drives, but so far I haven't found > anything. Do you guys know of anything like this? How do you protect > your removable drives when they are not in the computer? > > -- > BowieWhen you buy drives at retail, they come packed in about 3 inches of foam on all sides around. If you have any of those boxes laying around with the foam, use that. Also make sure to put them in anti-static bags.
Brian Mathis wrote:> On Jan 24, 2008 4:54 PM, Bowie Bailey <Bowie_Bailey at buc.com> wrote: > > My apologies if this is a bit off topic... > > > > I am going to start doing backups to removable hard drives and I > > will need to send these hard drives to an off-site storage > > facility. I am looking for some way to protect the drives after I > > pull them out of the system. I was hoping to find some kind of > > clamshell enclosure similar to what is used with external hard > > drives, but so far I haven't found anything. Do you guys know of > > anything like this? How do you protect your removable drives when > > they are not in the computer? > > > > -- > > Bowie > > When you buy drives at retail, they come packed in about 3 inches of > foam on all sides around. If you have any of those boxes laying > around with the foam, use that. Also make sure to put them in > anti-static bags.Good idea, but I generally by OEM drives and they come packed in bubble wrap and foam peanuts. Besides, I was hoping for something a bit smaller than those boxes. -- Bowie