dead pc - donor parts possibilities?

[millsn]

Couple of daft Qs on pcs:

 

1) Is there any good reason to keep an old operable hard drive when throwing out your old pc? I wondered if it could be used to good effect to add data storage to a new one.

 

2) Any way to boost a laptop's storage by using the same hardrive externally somehow?

[simonbell]

If you buy a new PC you should be able to add the old hard drive as a second drive internally, dependant on your new PC of course.

 

Or you can install it in a USB caddy which enables it to be used as an external drive.

 

Or you can buy a couple of leads of ebay o connect it to usb and power, not pretty though as the drive is exposed, but useful if you only want to transfer the data.

 

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[philwaters]

You could get an enclosure like this - depends how big it is really and if it is worth keeping as a drive compared to the 300/500Gb drives out there which are so cheap now.

 

Phil Waters

[Lord Summerisle]

depends whats died...

 

I've been upgrading my pc for the last 10 years... without ever having to buy a complete new system. just replacing whats gone kaput

 

so yes, if your off to PC work you can take the old hard drive accross easily enough.

 

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[Sheds Moderator]

A mate of mine does just this, it works ok as a separate USB memory.