Can I Use My Old Hard Drive As A External Drive For Storage?

May 28th, 2009 | by Frenday |

I wanna use my old hard drive as a storage drive, basically ive got a load of pics, vids and music i want to take off my main hard drive because i heard that can slow ur computer down.
Ive heard theres a device u can use to put ur old hard drives in and use them as external hard drives.
Can any1 help with this?

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  1. 9 Responses to “Can I Use My Old Hard Drive As A External Drive For Storage?”

  2. By AJ on May 28, 2009 | Reply

    There is another alternative … you are normally not restricted to a single internal disk drive (drive letters are operating system dependent) … most PCs have connections for up to 4 IDE devices (2 devices on 2 channles, including optical drives) … the IDE specs allow for 4 channels (2 devices per channel) for a total of 8 devices.
    The only problems ahe likely to be cooling and power … excess of the former and lack of the latter.

  3. By yicker12 on May 28, 2009 | Reply

    you can buy a USB HDD adapter: see 2 links below.http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?Modu…http://www.gizoo.co.uk/Products/PCGaming…

  4. By TechZone on May 28, 2009 | Reply

    1. storing video/pics/songs doesn’t cause slow performance. it is caused if there is not much space on HDD. keep at least 500MB free
    2. yes that devices are common termed as USB to IDE converter

  5. By AidyA on May 28, 2009 | Reply

    you can either get a usb caddy, or an ide caddy which will fit into a spare 5.25″ slot.
    alternatively, why don’t you install it internally. change the jumper setting on the back of the harddrive to Slave and connect it to the IDE cable (some IDE cables only have one connection so you may have to purchase a cable with 2 connections.)

  6. By martin m on May 28, 2009 | Reply

    Yes you can and it’s really easy to do.
    All you need is an external hard drive case or caddy. You will get one off ebay for about £20 but check out the small computer shops in your area. Mine cost me £18 from a little shop who builds and repairs pc’s
    I think a caddy with a fan is best but at work we have icy boxes which are on all day 7 days a week.
    All you do is secure the hard drive to the chassis, plug the internal wire in to th hard drive and slide the chassi with hard drive into the casing.
    Will take you 5 minutes.

  7. By Dynamasi on May 28, 2009 | Reply

    Its called an ICY BOX
    They are the best external cases for an internal hdd

  8. By Combination Door Locks on May 28, 2009 | Reply

    Yes, you can. You need to find out if your old hard drive is IDE or SATA. Then you can buy an external enclosure. If your computer is fairly old it’s probably IDE, in which case you can get a USB 2.0 IDE external enclosure.
    Check this link:http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory….

  9. By Raymond W on May 28, 2009 | Reply

    That device is called an HDD Caddy and it plugs into a USB port. Make sure you get the P-ATA type if you have an older hard drive as opposed to a more modern S-ATA type.

  10. By syafdxs on May 28, 2009 | Reply

    of course you can ur old hard drive as a additional storage. there are 2 way to do it first just buy a casing for ext hdd and after you format your old hdd you can use it second if you got a technical background just make it as secondary drive in your pc ( put all the data, pic or vid on it )

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