4 edits | Hard Drive Enclosure Help I got a extra 3.5 IDE hard drive laying around and I want to buy a Hard Drive enclosure from ebay , my question is do they need a power cord or can it get power from usb? The one i want to buy is at »cgi.ebay.com/USB-2-0-3-5-EXTERNA···54bdc135
Does that one look like a good deal ? If you can find a cheaper one please feel free to post a link it has to be 3.5 and IDE though
Please let me know what you think thanks |
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 RungelRun A Mile Live AwhilePremium
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CT | It runs on AC power .. you will get a power cord with it .. Not a bad deal plus 30 day warranty. Just need to measure your harddrive thickness. if it's a really old harddrive i would measure it. Although I've never had a problem with thicknesses .. |
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"do they need a power cord or can it get power from usb?"
yes only 2.5" laptop drives can run in enclosures powered only by usb.
3.5" desktop drives need an enclosure with an ac adapter. |
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said by Rungel:It runs on AC power .. you will get a power cord with it .. Not a bad deal plus 30 day warranty. Just need to measure your harddrive thickness. if it's a really old harddrive i would measure it. Although I've never had a problem with thicknesses .. Well its a modern hard drive maybe 4-5 years old and is 7200 rpm I guess I will measure it just to be safe like you said . Kind of sucks that you need to use the ac cord though , but it will be something ill have to deal with I guess. Do the external hard drives you buy in the stores need ac power? |
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said by firefoxguy:Does that one look like a good deal ? If you can find a cheaper one please feel free to post a link it has to be 3.5 and IDE though You aren't going to find anything cheaper. Actually, it seems too cheap, especially with S&H included. Myself and a few friends have bought cheap enclosures, and ran into problems. OS wouldn't recognize the drive, write errors, died in a short time, etc.. Some are just real flaky. For about $20 more, you can pick up a case that uses IDE or SATA, to USB, that you would be able to depend upon. Not saying this one is junk. |
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RungelRun A Mile Live AwhilePremium
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Yes pretty sure all IDE 3.5 external drives that are already mounted in a case come with AC power. Laptop 2.5 drives can just be used with USB.. as asdfdfdfdfdf mentioned above.
Is there a model name for that case? Maybe do a search on reviews for it. |
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hurfyPremium
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Spokane, WA | reply to firefoxguy
Certainly looks like it is worth a try. I'd go for it if i didn't have an extra already.
I think i have the 2.5" version of that and it has worked fine for quite awhile. In fact it is being backuped(?) to right now. Measure the drive like it says, they don't have room to spare  Don't lose the USB cable, you probably don't have a USB A-A laying around as opposed to more common A-B. |
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"Do the external hard drives you buy in the stores need ac power?"
There are generally two types of externals. The 2.5" portable/mobile drives that need no wall wart and the 3.5" desktop type drives that do.
With western digital for example the mybook series is generally 3.5", the passport series is the 2.5" mobile type.
Seagate has the freeagent desktop series and the freeagent Go series.
If you want to buy a new drive and have any doubts you can post back here to check. |
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1 edit | thanks I will let you guys know if I have anymore questions , thanks for all the help again I appreciate it . |
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 Sweet WitchBe the flame, not the moth.Premium,MVM
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Gallifrey | reply to firefoxguy
One other thing to keep in mind - I tried putting a large drive in an older enclosure and it wouldn't spin up because it wasn't getting the 12v power. Not that it was broken, it just wasn't there in the molex connector. A new (modern) enclosure fixed that.
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