[DM-MUG] One option is just to swap out Wiebe Tech drives myself

[Victoria L. Herring]

and, depending on the cost, get 2 500G or 750G drives to use - I have 
the Wiebe enclosure and so buying just the drives may be a good 
savings.
>
>I really like the 2 tray housing I have and it's working fine, but I
>want to be able to buy my own 500G or 750G drives to insert in the
>tray [I've 'talked' with WT and that is fine with them] which I could
>then format myself and then backup to. I'd like to have much mroe
>'room' to work with than the 250G I have now. Any sugg. where to get
>drives? the one in the extra tray I have is a Hitachi Deskstar 250-G
>but I suppose I don't have to be wedded to that. Buying a whole new
>500G tray itself with drive would be $268...Of course, if I can get
>500G drive without that expense and swap out the used one and put in
>this new one, that'd be optimal.
>
>Another option is to get an external drive that is huge [i.e. 750G or
>so] instead. Any other ideas or perhaps vendor suggestions?

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