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2.5" Hard Drives

  • 22-01-2011 12:28PM
    #1
    jrochie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 309 ✭✭


    Hi guys,

    I was sorting out some of my stuff last night, and I realised I have 4 laptop harddrives of varying GB's, but add up to over 500Gb. I repair computers and these are parts that I have pulled from damaged machines. The harddrives themselves are in perfect working condition. I'm wondering what I can do with them? I'm not gonna sell them as I know I wouldn't get much and I'm always looking for more storage anyway. Is there any way I could set them up as a mass storage device?

    I did something similar with a load of 3.5"s last year, got an old pc and turned it into a home server. But how would I do it with 2.5" drives? I'd also be looking for something that would be as low as possible in terms of power consuming. Anyone got any idea's?


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  • #2
    challengemaster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,925 ✭✭✭✭challengemaster


    You could turn them into external hd's, you can buy enclosures fairly cheap... example:

    http://www.dabs.ie/products/best-value-2-5--sata-hdd-enclosure-aluminium-usb-2-0-5JFF.html

    If the drives are sata, you can just connect them normally, your PC won't care what physical size they are. Should have same power/etc connectors....

    http://techreport.com/articles.x/9378

    You just need to find a way to stop them moving around in the PC :)


  • #3
    stimpson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,707 ✭✭✭stimpson


    jrochie wrote: »
    Hi guys,

    I was sorting out some of my stuff last night, and I realised I have 4 laptop harddrives of varying GB's, but add up to over 500Gb. I repair computers and these are parts that I have pulled from damaged machines. The harddrives themselves are in perfect working condition. I'm wondering what I can do with them? I'm not gonna sell them as I know I wouldn't get much and I'm always looking for more storage anyway. Is there any way I could set them up as a mass storage device?

    I did something similar with a load of 3.5"s last year, got an old pc and turned it into a home server. But how would I do it with 2.5" drives? I'd also be looking for something that would be as low as possible in terms of power consuming. Anyone got any idea's?

    Sell em. Handy upgrades for a PS3 or laptop but too slow for anything decent.


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