remote hard drive

[pomm001]

Sometime ago i managed to break my home PC , dont ask!
but i thought i would keep the old hard drive asthere was something on it i wanted to keep and plug it into my next machine in the spare slot and use it as a slave.
Only i have now brought a new machine that does not have the spare slot.
So, i do remember seeing some time ago a cabinet and transformer thingy you could put the HD t in and just plug via USB
can you still get these , and if so where

ta very much

 

[Deleted account 220427002]

here cheap
http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=48607

 

[Deleted account 220427002]

or if you want bigger

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/product/seo/023695

 

[Aidan1150]

Have a wee looky here.

 

[Aidan1150]

or if you want bigger

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/product/seo/023695

Havn't you any work to be gettin on with?

Tosser.

 

[Fanum]

If you only want to grab the info from the old HD, you can just plug it into the IDE ribbon cable on the slave plug and hang it loose inside the case....set up as a slave and powered, it'll be fine.....then if it looks a bit dodgy or interupts the air flow, you can remove it afterwards.

THAT's assuming it is an IDE drive, and the one in the new PC isn'r a sata, which has a different cable and won't be useable.

If the latter's the case, what's your MOBO.....it's very likely to have an IDE socket and drive chips still, even if it's not used.


If it hasn't, (and in answer to your actual question ) Maplins do a 3.5 inch hard drive box for about £15.....

13215 Basic IDE Mobile Rack with Cooling Fan
http://www.maplin.co.uk/Search.aspx?MenuNo=671&MenuName=Hard+Drive+Caddies&FromMenu=y&doy=search

HTH

 

[Deleted account 220427002]

Havn't you any work to be gettin on with?

Tosser.

sat meter went tits up last night in the rain, i was meant to be doing a motorised dish today .... it's drying out still.... i hope i don't have to buy a new one

 

[pomm001]

Fanum

thanks for that , a quick look inside ,( its a litte dell dimension 51510c) dont even see a riband connector, but good tip anyway. i will need to have a tansformer as well

thanks

 

[Noel]

You'll find that your new dell machine won't have a ribbon cable it's on a newer format serial ATA which is a smaller cable as Fanum says.

 

[pomm001]

You'll find that your new dell machine won't have a ribbon cable it's on a newer format serial ATA which is a smaller cable as Fanum says.

Thanks noel

It looks as if i will need to set it up as an external drive with a tansformer and USB then ?