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To: SI Ron (Crazy Music Man) who wrote (101541)	11/10/2018 11:07:46 AM
From: Thomas A Watson	3 Recommendations Recommended By goldworldnet nicewatch SI Ron (Crazy Music Man) Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110581

Well I do not know all the current price points. but some number of years ago I opted to replace all boot drives on desktops (3) and laptops(4) with ssd drives. So I ended up with many 512GB 2.5 drives. So I looked into 2.5in USB 3.0 SATA Hd Box HDD Hard Drive External Enclosure Cases I think I paid $5 a piece for several. they really became useful when cloning disks using acronis. Any way they will hold an ssd or mechanical drive. I just upgraded my son's laptop using a laptop to clone from his laptop 500gig mechanical to a crucial 500GB ssd USB to USB. It seems the crucial drives no longer come with acronis. this five minutes the best price I found, newfrog.com $4.72 free shipping from China. expect 2 to 5 week delivery time. So an ssd needs plus $4.72 to be an external USB 3.0 and some cloning software.

To: SI Ron (Crazy Music Man) who wrote (101541)	11/10/2018 9:08:31 PM
From: nicewatch	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110581

Did you get a usb 3.0 or 3.1 flash drive? I realize things are generally more expensive north of the border, even with currency adjustment. Recently picked up a Samsung 256GB Bar Plus usb 3.1 flash drive for under $60USD all in without any special coupons. It's still nib, unsure to give it to a girlfriend as a gift who has usb 3.1 on her new pc... or keep for myself and use on her pc so that my file transfers are faster! Patience would have yielded a better deal, expect the regular price to be $50 to $40 on sale within a few months. I agree with Mr. Watson that outerwear cases for internal 2.5" SSD is the economical way to go, they are pretty slim and small to begin with, find the toughest, smallest cases out there. USB 3.1 to SATA3 cable can be had for $10-15 on amazon. Last I saw an external SSD in person they were 33-50% smaller than most of the HDD pocket drives I've owned like WD passport and Seagate goflex. But it's a newer product line than consumer 2.5" SSD and should take longer to decrease in price like 2.5" SSD.