I recently bought a laptop and am running out of disk space i have an extra hard drive from my old desktop but im not sure if i can use it as an external drive for my laptop is that possible
2007-02-07 13:19:26 · 8 answers · asked by Sean O 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
Yes, you can buy a "USB housing" which will allow you to use an internal drive as an external.
Be aware, though, that you can probably buy a complete external drive for the same money, or less.
2007-02-07 13:25:18 · answer #1 · answered by IanP 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, buy a USB 2.5 inch IDE or SATA hard drive enclosure install the old laptops hard drive connect to your new laptop wait for it to recognize the new hardware open the now external HD and reformat or copy the files or delete the files as needed. You will have to know if the old hard drive is SATA or IDE this depends on the age and model of the old laptop. Cost $10.00 up.
2016-05-24 05:07:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Purchase an external drive enclosure for a 3.5" IDE drive.
2007-02-07 13:23:37 · answer #3 · answered by Shawn H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah you can, just get an external enclosure for your internal hard-drive. I have seen it done many times.
2007-02-07 13:22:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can used as external hard drive trough USB port sometimes laptop won't read your external hard drive you might need to update the drive by add new hard ware from your control panel...
2007-02-07 13:36:04 · answer #5 · answered by Oasis 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hard disk (external) case with usb cableattachment find em at best buy or if you can wait go on e bay... if all your looking for is disk space you should just buy an already portable hdd they are pennies on the dollar in price of cases
2007-02-07 13:25:43 · answer #6 · answered by vinylman_music 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Buy an external enclosure for your hard drive. You will then be able to hook it up to your laptop. Good sites to find one are www.tigerdirect.com or www.newegg.com
2007-02-07 13:25:29 · answer #7 · answered by Benji 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes this is. you'll need to purchase and external drive case for this. it can be found on ebay everywhere in the computer section.
2007-02-07 13:23:06 · answer #8 · answered by gas_indycar 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋