external hard drive case

[parsons71]

Hi - I have a Toshiba MK4026GAX hard drive from my old and suddenly broken Dell laptop. I would like to put the drive in an external drive case but it wont fit in the two I have bought so far - what am I doing wrong or am I buying the wrong case ? I have done this succesfully before with other Dell laptops

 

Thanks if you can help

Simon

[Tootech]

Hi Simon,

 

What do you mean -it won't fit

 

Is it too big, too small, too long, the wrong connector?

 

The drive you refer to is a 2.5" drive with an IDE interface.

 

The caddies for these are normally quite small, and do not need mains power. The drive is powered through the USB interface.

 

Have a look here for a suitable caddy

 

Plextor USB2.0 Black Caddy for upto 250GB IDE Hard Drives - Ebuyer

 

And here for some better piccies of a similar caddy.

 

UK 2.5 USB IDE HARD DRIVE CADDY HDD ENCLOSURE CASE BLUE on eBay, also, Hard Disk Drive Cases, Laptop Accessories, Computing (end time 11-Dec-08 03:15:00 GMT)

[Dalo Harkin]

Laptop HDD's are 2.5 inch - desktop PC's and most caddies are 3.5 inch - you need to pack the sides of the drive if the caddy is too big - I use foam pieces :)