Hi folks,
Can someone tell me what exactly an external hard drive enclosure does?
I have two possibilities in my mind:
1) Simply protects an external hard drive
2) Allows you to use an internal hard drive outside of the case
My computer case can only hold 1 internal hard drive at a time (using 80 GB), and I've got an old 40 Gb hard drive lying around. Instead of just throwing both away and buying a bigger drive, I was hoping to put the 40 Gb to use.
My hope is that an external enclosure tricks the spare hard drive into thinking that it is inside the case by converting the default data cable into USB 2.0.
Can someone tell me if this is really the case?
Thank you
Can someone tell me what exactly an external hard drive enclosure does?
I have two possibilities in my mind:
1) Simply protects an external hard drive
2) Allows you to use an internal hard drive outside of the case
My computer case can only hold 1 internal hard drive at a time (using 80 GB), and I've got an old 40 Gb hard drive lying around. Instead of just throwing both away and buying a bigger drive, I was hoping to put the 40 Gb to use.
My hope is that an external enclosure tricks the spare hard drive into thinking that it is inside the case by converting the default data cable into USB 2.0.
Can someone tell me if this is really the case?
Thank you