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HolyCount

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External HDD enclosure
« on: 15 February 2009, 21:40:32 »
This is probably a really stupid question but I will ask anyway :-/

I have a defunct computer in which the mobo has gone south ... there is quite a bit on the HDD I would like to recover.  Can I just pop the hard disk into one of these external HDD enclosures and plug it into another computer to access the files ??
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Re: External HDD enclosure
« Reply #1 on: 15 February 2009, 21:42:41 »
yes.  get right style caddy though.
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« Reply #2 on: 15 February 2009, 21:47:41 »
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yes.  get right style caddy though.

Cheers TB --- by style do you mean 2.5" or 3.5" ---- or is there somethimg else I should be looking at ?
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Re: External HDD enclosure
« Reply #3 on: 15 February 2009, 21:48:51 »
disk interface - pata or sata
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« Reply #4 on: 15 February 2009, 21:51:19 »
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disk interface - pata or sata

Ah, yes, that would make a difference  :-[
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Re: External HDD enclosure
« Reply #5 on: 15 February 2009, 21:53:45 »
Watch out for 'cheapo' types: I bought two different brands from eBuyer; an IDE and a SATA and both were unserviceable. :'(
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« Reply #6 on: 15 February 2009, 21:56:26 »
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Watch out for 'cheapo' types: I bought two different brands from eBuyer; an IDE and a SATA and both were unserviceable. :'(

Thanks for the heads up Debs -- 'tis an IDE or PATA I am after -- I will avoid the budget models  :)
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Re: External HDD enclosure
« Reply #7 on: 15 February 2009, 23:02:24 »
If you just want to plug it in and rescue the data I just bought a USB adaptor that does IDE (both 2.5 and 3.5") and SATA and even comes with a power supply to run the drive. About 25 quid from Maplin.

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Re: External HDD enclosure
« Reply #8 on: 15 February 2009, 23:07:08 »
I bought one similar to this ages ago & have used it several times it works a treat with just about any interface Ide/Sata etc  easily worth the money , didnt buy from this seller but its same thing & cost about same i recall

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/IDE-2-0-to-USB-adapter-cable-2-5-3-5-hard-drive-DVD_W0QQitemZ270344870811QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Computing_CablesConnectors_RL?hash=item270344870811&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2|65%3A1|39%3A1|240%3A1318
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Re: External HDD enclosure
« Reply #9 on: 16 February 2009, 08:43:26 »
Yeah, I've had a fair few cheapies (under a tenner from the Gay), all worked fine.

Sometimes they are a bit too cheap, and an impromtue fist later, I end up with a basic USB to IDE adapter, with no case ::)
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Re: External HDD enclosure
« Reply #10 on: 16 February 2009, 08:57:26 »
Why not rejumper it as a slave and connect it up in your pc?
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Re: External HDD enclosure
« Reply #11 on: 16 February 2009, 10:40:53 »
Yes that's what I'd do.., Jue purchased a HD external caddy and it didn't work (and it wasn't a cheapo one either) so I don't bother.., its just another HD to connect to the motherboard and u don't need a caddy to do that. Just slide it into the HD section of your unit (assuming there is room but if u only have one HD in there already there should be) and connect it up using an IDE cable (as the previous post said, setting it to slave first).

Unless you specifically need to move a HD from computer to computer, caddy's are an unnecessary expense.
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Re: External HDD enclosure
« Reply #12 on: 16 February 2009, 10:47:37 »
ive got a hdd caddy here and its never failed on me at all

it conectts by usb 2.0

if i can find the power cable your more than welcome to it i dont use it and haven't done for a while now

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Re: External HDD enclosure
« Reply #13 on: 16 February 2009, 11:50:03 »
I have a pata 3.5" one sat on my stairs looking for a home ;D.  Complete with illegal (AFAIK) mains cable (unfused) :o
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Re: External HDD enclosure
« Reply #14 on: 16 February 2009, 17:43:16 »
Thanks for the advice and the offers  :)  I think I will go for the adaptor cable from eGay .... I have several hard drives sitting in the loft from years back ( every time I ditch a computer I keep the HDD !) --- be a hoot to see what's on them !!!!!

Thanks again :y
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