Re: Connect Internal HDD Externally?

[Joleen]

Buy a kit which will convert a hard drive to an external.  Available from many online companies.  I use TigerDirect.com.

[chade]

Basically the 'kit' is a cage the HDD slips into - it will require an external power pack if its a desktop drive - and make sure you buy a cage with the right connector for you (USB2, Firewire, both).  If you don't have USB2 or Firewire, forget it.  Transfer speeds are so slow its just not worth it unless you can put up with (literally) hours and hours and hours transfer time.

[John Lindley]

Thank you!!!

[MalikTous]

ATAPI drive cages are available with USB2, IEEE1394 (FireWire), and PCMCIA-ATAPI connections. You can mount a standard HD and a CDRW as master and slave and plug the case into the appropriate port, and it will recognise as an external storage device. With the laptop, you will also want it to have its own battery pack.