Seen them on ebay.can you just put an ordinary hard drive in one and use it as an everyday external HDD,or is there more to it?
2007-08-17 00:33:27 · 7 answers · asked by gerrytweedie 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
Put an old hard drive in it; then plug the external hard drive into a USB port.
Good luck and Happy Computing!
2007-08-17 00:38:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yup, you are right there and perhaps you should get the 10 points.
Just choose a hard drive that runs cool and compatible with the interface of the case. There are IDE and SATA interfaces.
2007-08-19 14:59:09 · answer #2 · answered by Karz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-30 17:01:16 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's exactly what it says it is. You can use any hard drive designed for internal computer use, if you purchase one of these external hard drive cases.
2007-08-17 00:43:32 · answer #4 · answered by RavrSimba 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
buy a 200gig hdd sata or IDE
and use it as USB key
note that for high speed this will use 2 usb port on your PC or laptop...
if you use only one USB you will make it run but slow transfert
make a good backup if you use clone or ghost...
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some need external power and some other dont...
2007-08-17 00:43:14 · answer #5 · answered by Lala 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's exactly as you surmised. Just be aware that hard drives come in two different sizes each with one of two different interfaces (and that's just the common ones).
2007-08-17 01:15:17 · answer #6 · answered by Alan_B 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Remember though internal hard disks run at different speeds you require a faster one. This will reduce time for you to save to disk.
2007-08-20 23:32:49 · answer #7 · answered by VWBeetleBus 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋