Linksys Wireless G Router + External Hard Drive

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sthiedesthiede
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in General Discussion edited January 2014
hey everyone,



i have an old computer which i want to take the ATA Hard Drive out of and put it into an external enclosure. Now, i was wondering if i could then hook that up with my Linksys router and have that hard drive accessible over the network. or can i only do that with airport extreme? could i even take my hard drive out of this old computer and put it in an enclosure for it to work with Mac OS X on my macbook? my linksys router is this one.

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    joe_the_dragonjoe_the_dragon Posts: 931member
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    hey everyone,



    i have an old computer which i want to take the ATA Hard Drive out of and put it into an external enclosure. Now, i was wondering if i could then hook that up with my Linksys router and have that hard drive accessible over the network. or can i only do that with airport extreme? could i even take my hard drive out of this old computer and put it in an enclosure for it to work with Mac OS X on my macbook? my linksys router is this one.



    You need a NAS encosure
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    sthiedesthiede Posts: 307member
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    You need a NAS encosure



    what does that mean?



    i was looking at other enclosures for it, they say they are ATA and mac compatible, 3.5", shouldnt that work? should i get usb 2 or firewire?



    couldnt i just plug in the hard drive into the sortof usb port on the back of hte router?
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    smaxsmax Posts: 361member
    Look for an enclosure with a network interface (NAS)... Unless you want to hook it up to a computer and share it over the network like that.
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    sthiedesthiede Posts: 307member
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    Look for an enclosure with a network interface (NAS)... Unless you want to hook it up to a computer and share it over the network like that.



    ok thanks.



    another question: i cant find an enclosure that just supports ATA, i keep finding SATA and PATA and stuff like that, does it matter? the best i can find out about my drive is that it's an



    ST3200822A ATA device. also, am i right to assume it's 3.5"?



    thanks again





    EDIT: i found this one on Radio Shack.com would it work?
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    smaxsmax Posts: 361member
    Generally if it's an old hard drive, it's PATA. It matters.



    And that should work, but I've never heard of the company before...
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    sthiedesthiede Posts: 307member
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    Generally if it's an old hard drive, it's PATA. It matters.



    And that should work, but I've never heard of the company before...



    i mean its not too old, its from a computer i bought in 2003. its from an HP Pavilion a562n.



    i want to be able to put it on the network, but it's not top priority. how much should an enclosure cost? i dont want to make a bad purchase. what are some good brands? should it be firewire or usb?



    haha sorry for so many questions.
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