how to make your internal hard drive into and external hard drive ?

[baxxter]

I have an internal hard disk not in use ,and I would like to make it as external disk !
I looked on the net and I found I should have the " encelsure " butt I think I wont find it here in my city .
So is there another way ? like usb -esata cable ?

 

[Music Guy123]

Firstly, where are you based (Which country)? I would get the part of the internet, I trust we are talking about a 3.5" drive? Do you have an esata port on your pc? I would get something similar to this, I think: Play.com - Buy CiT 35M17SEF 3.5 inch SATA / USB / Firewire / eSATA External Hard Drive Enclosure online at Play.com and read reviews. Free delivery to UK and Europe!

 

[Dwarf]

An enclosure would be the way to go, as it will protect the drive itself plus you will get a PSU to power it. Just make sure that you get one with the correct interfaces, i.e. SATA/PATA and USB/eSATA/Firewire as appropriate.

I would take a look at Amazon to see what they've got. They do ship to Algeria, but it can take up to a month.

 

[baxxter]

Firstly, where are you based (Which country)? I would get the part of the internet, I trust we are talking about a 3.5" drive? Do you have an esata port on your pc? I would get something similar to this, I think: Play.com - Buy CiT 35M17SEF 3.5 inch SATA / USB / Firewire / eSATA External Hard Drive Enclosure online at Play.com and read reviews. Free delivery to UK and Europe!

Im from algeria ;and i have sata not esata I was mistaken