Desktops: Question about externl hard drive
Question about externl hard drive
by dark ak - 9/12/09 9:31 PMhello
Im wanting to build a external hard drive.I have a hard drive from my old desktop its a wd200 ide but Im not sure if its 2.5 or 3.5 how can I tell
This model arrived in 2001.
by R. Proffitt
- 9/13/09 4:31 AM
In reply to: Question about externl hard drive by dark ak
Remember it's well beyond its 5 year design life.
It's 3.5 inch, IDE so let's find some USB case that accepts this as well as SATA so you can upgrade it later.
Try http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=USB20-SATA-SIL&cat=CSE
I have one of these and I drilled the front plastic piece full of holes to let it run a tad cooler.
Bob
Question about hard drive
by dark ak - 9/18/09 7:08 AM In reply to: This model arrived in 2001. by R. Proffitt
thanks I got one ordered now do I need the clean the hard drive to use it for storage
Your choice.
by R. Proffitt - 9/18/09 8:25 AM
In reply to: Question about hard drive by dark ak
Sorry but I can't know if you want to format a drive. I ran into a fellow that did that and then asked where their files are now.
hard drive
by dark ak - 9/18/09 8:46 AM In reply to: Your choice. by R. Proffitt
It was running widows me The only thing I would save on it is pictures,wave pad audio files and video from our camera dvr system
Hard Drive
by WAArnold - 9/18/09 5:58 PM In reply to: hard drive by dark akYou have taken a hard internal drive and made and external USB drive of it. Correct?
If there is information on that drive that you wish to preserve you cannot format it as you would loose the data. It can be used anyway without formatting. However, I would highly suggest you remove any data you wish to keep, format the drive, and then reinstall the data. You have been fortunate to be running that drive this long with win98.
Old Drive
by mwooge - 9/18/09 10:19 PM In reply to: hard drive by dark akAs the drive is old enough to fail at any time, do you really want to use it to store pictures you cannot replace?
Back up hard drives
by burnselk - 9/18/09 11:15 PM In reply to: hard drive by dark akHard drives are so cheap these days you can back up your precious data to more one location. Buy another hard drive (or two) and save your data to more than one backup hard drive. Two back up locations are much better than one because it's very unlikely both hard drives will go bad at the same time. Never rely solely on one backup hard drive.
hmmm
by Dango517 - 9/19/09 1:49 AM In reply to: Question about externl hard drive by dark ak2.5 is laptops, generally, 3.5 for desk tops.
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