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I just got an HDD caddy for my T60p but suddenly needed some archived content on CD-R. Seems a shame that I can't use what I already have. Do any of you know if there is such a thing as an Ultrabay Slim housing with USB out?

I'd like to stay portable and would prefer not to spend too much money so the Advanced Dock is just too much on both counts.

Advice or deterent appreciated.

I don't understand ... cant you just copy content from CD-R to the main HDD (and then if you want transfer to the 2nd HDD in ultrabay?)

Or do you want to run both drives AND a optical drive?

gator wrote:I don't understand...

It should be the same thing, but for UltraBay devices.

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Do a search for USB cd enclosure on ebay and you will find one (IBM used to make ones for the UltraBay 2000 but not for recent drives), I think all the ones i've seen are designed for the 9mm drives, so while the UltraBay slim will work, there will be a slight gap around it while in the enclosures.

I thought it would be nice to be able to have a 2nd cache drive and still have access to a DVD/CD-R that came with the Thinkpad. Hotswapping and modal use of the two ultrabay modules (CD/DVD & SATA HDD) separately.

A dual HDD Laptop rig with an optical drive may be more than the market wants. For the curious...

IBM Portable Drive Bay 2000 [FRU 19K4499]
$55 (eBay)
Lenovo IBM ThinkPad Slim Drive Adapter For UltraBay 2000 [62P4557]
$63 (CompuVest)

I'd rather just hot swap. I'm even sorry for the bump.

I'd choose a second HDD over an optical drive every time these days - optical drives are good to have but I dont use often so I prefer the USB options.

I really think that the market would support a decent sized/priced dual HDD model if it had RAID capability.