Regarding external enclosures: I've had success with the AMS Venus line. There are models for PATA and SATA, USB, Firewire, etc.. I always use the ones with internal fans; heat's hard on bits. I get a bare 250Gb 3.5" Seagate drive, drop it in, and it's ready to roll in minutes. The drive is secured in the enclosure with screws, so is quite secure.
I keep one of these at home and one in the office for duplicate backups (using TrueImage). Partitioning the 250G into 4x60Gb works about right for keeping four successive backups of the 100Gb drive on my T60 (less than full drive + compression means 60Gb is usually plenty).
Newegg has both the drives and enclosures at good prices, and in my experience is excellent on service.
Randy
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