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06-05-2006, 09:50 PM
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| Newb Techie Join Date: Jun 2006
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|  Laptop HDD as USB2 drive Hey I've recently ditched my old Dell 5100 laptop but I kept the Hitachi DK23EB 40 gig HDD. Can I simply place this HDD in a 2.5" enclosure and connect it to my PC to be used as an external HDD? Any power issues? Thanks Dave |
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06-05-2006, 09:58 PM
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| Wizard Techie Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Delaware
Posts: 3,449
| Ya, it will work fine.
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06-06-2006, 12:53 AM
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| Yep you'll be fine
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