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PunkBoyPunkBoy Thank you! And thank you again!Registered User regular
edited September 2009 in Moe's Stupid Technology Tavern
So now that I have a new PC, it's time that I got rid of my old laptop. However, I was thinking about putting the hard drive into an external enclosure and using it as an extra hard drive. It's an 80 gig hard drive from a Dell Inspiron 6000. Any advice on what kind of enclosure to buy?

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    ronyaronya Arrrrrf. the ivory tower's basementRegistered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Cheap generic $5 plastic enclosures will all work, just check if your hard drive is IDE or SATA.

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    PunkBoyPunkBoy Thank you! And thank you again! Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    I looked on Dell for what a replacement hard drive would be and it says it would be "Ultra ATA." I guess that means IDE?

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    DaedalusDaedalus Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Yes, it does.

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