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[Closed] Could I remove a hard drive from my laptop and use as an external. Hard drive
As above,have an old acer with broken screen/battery, could I extract the hd and fit it into a case?
Yes, almost certainly you could. There are plenty of boxes that it will fit into at places like ebuyer.com or on the high street at Maplin.
Rachel
<nods> what she said.
You'll need to match up the type of disk to the caddy (it'll be IDE or SATA) but other than that, it's trivial. Or you could just get a cable that does both, which is cheaper but not as neat. (I use the latter at work)
Yes, You will just need a case with the right adapter for the HDD and then it's a USB drive. Did it all the time.
For my sata drive, I have this caddy, which works perfectly. Great for under 4 quid.
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2-5-SATA-USB-HARD-DRIVE-CADDY-HDD-CASE-ENCLOSURE-/290783710303?pt=UK_Collectables_HardDriveEnclosures_RL&hash=item43b40f4c5f
Get thee to PC World (don't scoff)...
I had to do this just after Christmas and the caddys in Maplin were loads of money.
PC World had a perfectly good one for £7.
Yes. But only worth bothering if it's a fair size.
If your going to buy a caddy, get a usb 3 one, they are only a few quid more.
I bought one of these recently. although I think there all much of a muchness.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/LogiLink-inch-SATA-External-Enclosure/dp/B004K4OZSA