How to use an old laptop hard drive as an external hard drive?

I recently had my laptop upgraded from HDD to SSD. I was left with my old 2.5" SATA HDD. I bought a 2.5" disk enclosure so I could repurpose this old hard drive as an external hard drive.

WHERE TO BUY 2.5" SATA ENCLOSURE:

AMAZON USA:
Reletech 2.5" External Hard Drive Enclosure, SATA to USB 3.1 Tool-Free Clear for 2.5 Inch SSD & HDD 9.5mm 7mm External Hard Drive Case Supports UASP SATA (Affiliate link):

LAZADA PHILIPPINES:
Phonebox 2.5 Inch HDD Enclosure Enclosure SDD and HDD Enclosure Case USB 3.0 To SATA HDD Hard Drive External Enclosure Transparent Clear Case Without Screws (Not an affiliate link):

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WHERE TO BUY 2.5" SATA ENCLOSURE:

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[iphonefan]

You can also use it as a Time Machine backup

[BosunMJames]

I like your thoughts on finding ways to use old hardware. I have an old hard drive I've wanted to reuse for a while but I never could figure out what I needed to bridge the gap, so to speak. I wasn't even sure if the drive was IDE or SATA just to give you and idea of how technology challenged I am. So to make a long story short this was very helpful. So glad you posted this 👍

[DecayedPage]

I'm currently using a 500gb laptop thin hdd in my home server. Works like a charm

[AdnanAmir]

Thanks for the information about SATA and IDE

[legowyn]

I have two of those harddrives, I never knew that the reason they slide open is to switch out laptop harddrives

[hirokurobane]

Been doing this for literally years now, soon to be having stacks of old 2.5s bought for additional storages, I also refuse to use "cloud" due to unreliable and expensive ISP service, so I'd rather buy another HDD, also thinking of building a dedicated local home server.

[CrocoDylianVT]

Also you wanna make sure the case is USB 3.0 rather than 2.0, 3.0 will allow to have the full speed of the hard drive (up to 150mb/s) cause 2.0 will limit even the slower hard drives (USB 2.0 reaches 60mb/s max)
If you just move smaller files it will be fine, but even stuff as small as 1 or 2GB will be much faster in 3.0

[Galiant]

"How to use hard drive externally?"
"Put in external case and use."

[sagnickpaul]

I have 2 desktops, one old and one new. I want to add my old desktop hdd into new one and sell the old desktop. Can I install 2 internal hdd in the desktop (inside the cpu cabinet)? If yes please tell the procedure for it. 😊

In my old desktop hdd the OS loaded is windows 7 and in the new one it is windows 10 (pirated version).

[tropcal_blossom]

I did this once but make sure the drive is healthy and not failing.

[luisgamerbestcool_]

OMG I CAN FINALLY HAVE ALL MY OLD ROBLOX ACCOUNT AND PHOTOS WE HAD IN THAT OLD LAPTOP THAT DIDNT WORK THANK YOU UR THE BEST U GOT AN SUB😭😭😭😭

[jingo]

The external case I bought has a removable lid, but it can also hold the older 3'5 in. sata as well. Good thing too, cos I got a backpack full of old drives from years ago.

[yasd]

Is the light supposed to blink or stay solid?

[mrexplogger]

Suggestion To Try Orico Kesu Enclosure

[thememestealer-ytkp]

i got a enclosure and the connector thing fell out and now im using it without the case thing

[thatlittlefox.]

Why did I get this after swapping The hdd from a 10 year old laptop to My 4 Month old pc.

[SunchipYT]

Do you know of a case for a 3.5 IDE drive, I can’t find one on Amazon anywhere

[ravikumarsahu]

Windows is installed in my old pc HDD, can the data get corrupted if I use it as secondary storage? If yes, then how can I transfer the data in it to my laptop?

[youraveragejoe]

or get a sata to usb adapter and plug it in