can I swap data by use of external hard drive enclosure.

Ok, so I will try to find this " Rosewill Armer " . and buy it. Do you all agree it will do the job ?

Thanks again, for help and support on this. :)

Not sure how many times it will work it is all dependent on the machines power and usually laptops don't have a lot of that to spread around
It may work once and never again
It may short out and corrupt the files being transferred or the system image being created
I would not expect much from 7.us purchase :)

Well, than I pay more and get something good, but the HP only has 2.0 USB ports.

This " Sabrent ECS-STU35K USB 2.0 to 3.5 inch IDE/SATA or Serial ATA Aluminium HARD Drive enclosure Case " that you mentionened looks very good. I will have to get it shipped from USA as they have many types in Europe but not that model.

At least I have something that I can re-use and will last.

Thanks for your patents everybody.:)

It doesn't have to be that exact model
If you see one similar one just post a link to it and we'll take a peak at it :)
Shipping from the u.s. doesn't sound cheap although the unit is pretty light weight.

One difference you will find when looking at enclosures is that a 2.5" drive enclosure can be powered from USB while a 3.5" enclosure cannot because USB supplies only 5VDC which is all that a 2.5" drive requires. A 3.5" drive requires both 5VDC and 12VDC so cannot be powered from a USB port.

Since you have a 2.5" drive from a laptop, make sure you get an enclosure that is made for 2.5" drive only and you will not need any external power.

I believe my point was to have a versatile device for different size hdd's and not just 1 size

Thanks a lot you good people :),

For explication (Strollin)

I will order that Vantec Nexstar TX today,

Cheers

strollin said:

One difference you will find when looking at enclosures is that a 2.5" drive enclosure can be powered from USB while a 3.5" enclosure cannot because USB supplies only 5VDC which is all that a 2.5" drive requires. A 3.5" drive requires both 5VDC and 12VDC so cannot be powered from a USB port.

Since you have a 2.5" drive from a laptop, make sure you get an enclosure that is made for 2.5" drive only and you will not need any external power.

This is what I`ve been saying all along, she does not need a 3.5" enclosure to get the job done she wants to do, let`s help her get the job done as cheaply as possible, either with just a cable or an inexpensive 2.5" enclosure, that`s all she needs for now.