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Using an inernal laptop hard drive externally

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anniesboy68
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Posted February 10, 2013 at 12:24PM

I've rescued a 250 gig hard drive from a now defunct laptop. Can this be used as an external drive somehow, no doubt using usb. And where might I purchase anything needed i.e caddy leads etc, please

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rdave13

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Posted February 10, 2013 at 12:34PM

Check it's a Sata or ide drive the have a look at something like http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nbsbnoss_2/280-4777431-3342152?url=search-alias%3Dcomputers&field-keywords=2.5%22+enclosure

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rdave13

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Posted February 10, 2013 at 12:35PM

Couldn't get the link correct, try this.

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anniesboy68

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Posted February 10, 2013 at 12:40PM

, Ah... how to I tell which drive it is Sata or Ide. Its from a Acer 5920 laptop

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rdave13

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Posted February 10, 2013 at 12:44PM

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anniesboy68

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Posted February 10, 2013 at 12:49PM

Thank you, will give it a go seeing that they are so cheap. AB68

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Fruit Bat /\0/\

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Posted February 10, 2013 at 1:20PM

It will be a SATA drive caddy here

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anniesboy68

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Posted February 10, 2013 at 2:10PM

thanks fruitbat, have ordered. AB68

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anniesboy68

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Posted February 12, 2013 at 1:44PM

Update..........All done and working, so I have now an external drive of 230gig, all for £6.98. Not bad eh? One more question how do yo signify that a post has been completed successfully. A long time ago there used to be a box to tick as completed.

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Fruit Bat /\0/\

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Posted February 12, 2013 at 3:18PM

Just click in the grey column to the right of the Post that solved your problem.

That shows easily to other people searching the forum for answer, what exactly worked to overcome the problem.

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anniesboy68

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Posted February 12, 2013 at 4:32PM

Hi Fruitbat. Well, all the boxes have a tick against them already except the initial post AB68

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