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How Do I Connect An Internal Hard Drive To My Computer Without Having To Put It In The Computer?

I know there is a way to get information off a hard drive without actually having to make it a slave drive on my computer. Isn’t there a program and connecting wires that would let me do that?

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This entry was posted on Thursday, December 31st, 2009 at 10:56 am and is filed under Computers. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

3 Responses to “How Do I Connect An Internal Hard Drive To My Computer Without Having To Put It In The Computer?”

  1. An external USB case would be the easiest. You mentioned “slave drive” so I’m assuming you’d need a PATA IDE -> USB case and not a SATA IDE -> USB case

  2. if you want it outside, get an external hard drive, or you could just make it a master by plugging it in the the white port on the board( assuming your using an old computer) if its a sata, there are softwares available that should come with the harddrive to convert it to a master. Even so, i still find that using an external hard drive is better than an internal.

  3. You can get USB to IDE/SATA converters that come complete with power supply and will take 2.5 IDE, 3.5 IDE and any sata drive.
    They are a lot cheaper than the enclosures and great if you want to copy data of a drive, or test, or scrub drives. I even use mine to connect a DVD to my laptop when I want one. (Lenovo x60s so no optical drive).
    The only downside is the drive is sitting about bare, but if its just a temporary connection then who cares.
    Hope this helps.