A New Way to Use Your Old Hard Disk Drive

Posted in Computers on November 30th, 2009 by Computers

Are you thinking about upgrading or replacing your ?

 

Or maybe you are just replacing an old with a new one.

 

Have you given any thought to what you are going to do with the old ones?

 

Normally you maybe do two things with your old : erase the and dispose of it, or, give it to a trusted friend or relative.

 

However, do you think it’s a good idea that uses it as a second with an enclosure?

 

Using an is a cheap way to add to your computer and use your old . And you do not need to open your , just plug it into a . No messing around with the , the drive is found by the automatically.

 

With an enclosure, you don’t have to worry about the data on your old if you are throwing the computer away, selling it, or giving it to someone. You also increase your for the of the cost of a new external drive.

 

Today Chinazrh will show you how easy it is to set-up and use an enclosure.

 

For example, if your old is 3.5 inch USB 2.0 SATA, just follow the below 8 :

 

1. You will need to buy a Enclosure.

2. Pull the HDD out of your and check the connections.

3. Remove the rear panel and connect the

4. Connect Hard Drive to Panel (Secure the HDD to the rear panel with the supplied)

5. Insert the rear panel into the enclosure.

6. Connect the and .

7. Once the is connected to your computer, turn the enclosure on.

8. Then your computer should find the new HDD automatically.

 

If your old is another drive, enclosures for are available and all the procedures are the same.

 

Finally, you have a second or back up HDD for a of the cost of a new and you recycled your old hard drive. It’s a win-win.

 

Now, do you have any to recycle one by yourself?

 

And you just keep some hard disk drives, why not come to Chinazrh buy some HDD Enclosures and convert them into external hard drives.

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