millsn Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 Couple of daft Qs on pcs: 1) Is there any good reason to keep an old operable hard drive when throwing out your old pc? I wondered if it could be used to good effect to add data storage to a new one. 2) Any way to boost a laptop's storage by using the same hardrive externally somehow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonbell Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 If you buy a new PC you should be able to add the old hard drive as a second drive internally, dependant on your new PC of course. Or you can install it in a USB caddy which enables it to be used as an external drive. Or you can buy a couple of leads of ebay o connect it to usb and power, not pretty though as the drive is exposed, but useful if you only want to transfer the data. Simon Bell - Caterham 7 Duratec R I`ve seen the future.....and it`s powered by duratec Check out the website here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philwaters Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 You could get an enclosure like this - depends how big it is really and if it is worth keeping as a drive compared to the 300/500Gb drives out there which are so cheap now. Phil Waters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Summerisle Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 depends whats died... I've been upgrading my pc for the last 10 years... without ever having to buy a complete new system. just replacing whats gone kaput so yes, if your off to PC work you can take the old hard drive accross easily enough. I post therefore I am Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheds Moderator Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 A mate of mine does just this, it works ok as a separate USB memory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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