Hard Drives

[Wheels]

I have been sorting out old pc stuff and have now got 4 spare hard drives from desk top pc's.

With me using a laptop the hardrives are useless unless there is a way of hooking them up to the laptop and using them as storage, is this possible and if so how do I do it?

 

[gramps]

Get a USB drive case, fit the HDD and voila extra storage!

 

[admirable]

You need to buy external enclosures for them.

Also, it's important to find out if they are SATA drives ot IDE drives as the enclosures are different.

 

[admirable]

Just to add, your drives will be 3.5" drives (desktop) not 2.5" drives (laptop) so will need a 3.5" enclosure with a power supply

 

[Wheels]

Just to add, your drives will be 3.5" drives (desktop) not 2.5" drives (laptop) so will need a 3.5" enclosure with a power supply

Ta Jim is there a way of doing all 4 at once?

 

[CGeezer]

I just bought an iconnect from Iomega. It has four usb ports and also built in wireless so you can make a NAS very cheaply. Built in Bit Torrent and Backup and acts as a media streaming server too.

 

[markyboy.1967]

Can an IDE drive be fitted via a case and USB to a system with a Sata internal drive or do i need another Sata ( i have a spare IDE in an old pc x 500gig )

 

[mgdaviso]

do a goodle search for IDE SATA DOCK - lots of examples.....

or alternatively -

IDE/SATA to USB dock on Ebuyer £33

 

[ka$h]

Hard drive dock is the answer (or 4 if you want) the advantage is you can change drive quickly and easily by swapping the disk in the top.

Amazon do this freecom one reasonable