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Honda
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 Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2010 9:11 pm Post subject: Turning my internal HD to an external |
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| So I have this hard drive and I was wondering is there a way to make it an external hard drive? Can you guys give me a link to an enclosure that will work with it?
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ZacTheSin
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Any 3.5" SATA external enclosure will work.
Search terms: 3.5" SATA Hard drive enclosure
The plugs only go in their allocated slots one way. If you can't work out how to do it by yourself, I suggest you stop now and get someone who does it for a living to help you. (Local computer shop?)
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Honda
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| Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 11:39 pm Post subject: |
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How do I know my hard drive will fit with 3.5' and not 2.5'?
Oh also, how do I get it to start working as a USB flash drive? What do I have to configure for it to work after I installed it into the enclosure?
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| Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 12:29 am Post subject: |
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laptops are 2.5
desktops are 3.5
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will work jsut the same as a flashdrive
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| Strelok wrote: | laptops are 2.5
desktops are 3.5
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will work jsut the same as a flashdrive |
So I don't have to configure anything after I installed it in the enclosure?
All I have to do is plug in the USB and start transferring like a flash drive?
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| Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 5:01 pm Post subject: |
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| yeah that should work too
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Honda
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| Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2010 9:57 pm Post subject: |
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| Alright thanks everyone.
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| Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2010 5:40 pm Post subject: |
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You cannot go out and buy any enclosure and expect it to work.
The type of interface on the hard drive needs to match the one on the enclosure.
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| kls85 wrote: | You cannot go out and buy any enclosure and expect it to work.
The type of interface on the hard drive needs to match the one on the enclosure. |
He said he has a SATA HDD
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| gogodr wrote: | | kls85 wrote: | You cannot go out and buy any enclosure and expect it to work.
The type of interface on the hard drive needs to match the one on the enclosure. |
He said he has a SATA HDD |
And the one you picked is IDE.
Probably a mistake, I believe...
| gogodr wrote: | | http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817145131&cm_re=internal_to_external-_-17-145-131-_-Product |
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| kls85 wrote: | | gogodr wrote: | | kls85 wrote: | You cannot go out and buy any enclosure and expect it to work.
The type of interface on the hard drive needs to match the one on the enclosure. |
He said he has a SATA HDD |
And the one you picked is IDE.
Probably a mistake, I believe...
| gogodr wrote: | | http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817145131&cm_re=internal_to_external-_-17-145-131-_-Product |
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indeed, I didnt notice that xD
anyways he found another one and the one he picked was SATA
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| Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2010 7:03 pm Post subject: |
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Was about to suggest these so any drive can get a extreme boost in transfer rate due to USB 3.0
And he might need this
USB 2.0 480Mb/s
USB 3.0 5Gb/s
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