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    What do you do with old/replaced laptop harddrives?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Fatalah, Nov 1, 2007.

  1. Fatalah

    Fatalah Notebook Guru

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    I don't want it to go to waste. But it sure can't fit in my laptop with the new hdd!
     
    Fatalah, Nov 1, 2007
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  2. Apollo13

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    Sell it on eBay? I've never replaced one myself, but selling it on eBay (or Amazon, wherever you prefer) seems like a logical enough thing to do.
     
    Apollo13, Nov 1, 2007
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  3. mujtaba

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    Many put it in a hard drive enclosure and make it an external drive.
     
    mujtaba, Nov 1, 2007
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  4. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    Or you can just stick it in a desktop granted you have the right adapter(s).
     
    Commander Wolf, Nov 1, 2007
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  5. Ripper3

    Ripper3 Notebook Enthusiast

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    If it's a SATA notebook HDD, you can just hook up the same connectors as desktop SATA HDDs use. It's how I made my life easier, backing up all of my desktop's docs, rather than doing it over the network.

    The enclosure is a good idea also, Ebay has loads of cheap ones, and though you may think "It must be crap, it's $5, and it's straight from Hong Kong", but actually, I bought one for an IDE desktop HDD, about 2 years ago now, Hong Kong, no-name brand, and it's working perfectly, soldiering on still, while my mate's IcyBox died a month ago :D and it cost him £30 more than my enclosure did.
     
    Ripper3, Nov 1, 2007
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