External Hard Drive Buffer

WD 1TB SATA 35 Hard Drive 32MB Cache 1000GB WD10EADS    US $28.00

35 seagate internal SATA hard drive 32MB ST15000341AS    US $94.99

Seagate Barracuda 1500GBytes 15TB 32MB SATA 7200rpm    US $42.67

Seagate Barracuda 720011 15 TB SATA Hard Drive    US $137.94

Western Digital 1000 GB 1 TB New SATA 3GB s hard drive    US $66.99

WD WD1001FALS 1TB Internal SATA Desktop PC Hard Drive    US $51.00

New Seagate ST31000528AS 1TB SATA 3GB S 32MB Hard drive    US $64.97

WD WD1001FALS 1TB Internal SATA Desktop PC Hard Drive    US $41.04

WD 1TB SATA 35 Hard Drive 32MB Cache 1000GB WD10EADS    US $20.51

WD 1TB SATA 35 Hard Drive 32MB Cache 1000GB WD10EADS    US $.99

WD 1TB SATA 35 Hard Drive 32MB Cache 1000GB WD10EADS    US $.99

Western Digital WD20EADS 2000 GB Serial ATA 32 MB    US $128.00

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I am wanting to use my old drive from my desktop as a external drive, on a new computer.. What do I need?

I have heard there is a case to use, how do I know this hard drive is one i can use with a new computer. This one is a maxtor diamond, buffer 8mb, speed 7200.

The trick is to get an external drive enclosure that matches the type of drive. For example some drives might be SATA and others PATA/IDE. Next, make sure the external enclosure keeps the drive COOL one way or another. Some had aluminum skins to sync away the heat and others have (often noisy) fans. Next, choose an output port that matches what your other system can accept. USB (2.0) is good, SATA is better. Plan to get an enclosure that's self-powered, not powered off the USB for a drive that size.

hth

WD 1TB SATA 35 Hard Drive 32MB Cache 1000GB WD10EADS    US $28.00

35 seagate internal SATA hard drive 32MB ST15000341AS    US $94.99

Seagate Barracuda 1500GBytes 15TB 32MB SATA 7200rpm    US $42.67

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