paultwang Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 I have four 250 GB USB 2.5" external hard drives. The hard drives require about 700 mA to spin (which most computers will provide, if plugged in directly). I am looking for a device that can take two, three, or four of these drives and make them appear as one drive to any computer. The device would then connect to a single USB port on a computer running Windows XP. Alternatively, the device would connect to the local area network as a SMB-like share. The access control list of such share must be customizable. I would rather not pry the cases open for the internal drives. However, I would imagine that the internal drive interface is PATA since they are notebook drives. I also wouldn't mind getting 2.5" to 3.5" adapters. The solution needs to be relatively cheap, otherwise I could just buy one bigger drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Bruce Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 You can check out this thread over at USBHacks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paultwang Posted March 7, 2008 Author Share Posted March 7, 2008 I managed to pry open one of the cases today. They are actually SATA drives. I guess this completely changed my search direction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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