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Originally Posted by
ogbuehi 
Does anybody know if they make a portable HDD with a firewire port. I don't want one that needs to be plugged into the wall but rather just get it's power from the firewire port on my laptop. Or if there is a such an animal as a firewire to mini-usb cable, I can use that as well. I've posted in the 1394 forum but it seems to be somewhat of a ghost town. Thanks in advance.
I have an Icy Box external 2.5" SATA enclosure that has both USB and 6-pin full-size Firewire connectors, into which you install your own laptop drive. it powers fine from a 6 pin FW400 or 9pin(?) FW800. It won't power from a mini-Firewire connector, as that doesn't carry power.
I used it to house the drive in my Macbook Pro when I upgraded it and wanted to keep the old drive for external use.
