The trouble with an enclosure is that it takes almost as much time to mount the drive in an enclosure as it does to mount the drive in your PC. You can find drive enclosures for as little as $10. After mounting your drive in the enclosure and buttoning things up, you’ve essentially got an external drive you can connect however you want. ![]() If you’re looking to make a more permanent external drive out of an old hard drive, you can buy a full enclosure. There are different styles of gadgets that let you connect a hard drive as an external drive. RELATED: How to Turn an Old Hard Drive Into an External Drive There are much better solutions around these days. ![]() But that’s a lot of work to solve a temporary need. If you ever need to get the data off an old drive-or just want to check the drive and maybe erase it before disposal-you could always crack open your PC and mount the drive inside. There’s hardly a geek around, or even casual computer owner for that matter, that doesn’t have a few old drives squirreled away.
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