external HDD case

I have an old external 3.5-inch HDD. For lack of a normal SATA-USB cable, I want to use its enclosure to connect a 2.5-inch SATA SSD to my PC's USB port. The HDD enclosure has a separate AC power cable. When I opened up the enclosure, I saw the AC power goes directly into the PCB, which has a...

Hi, I would like to know if 4TB or 6TB external HDDs, intended for data only, when connected via USB 3.0 cable, to older PCs with BIOS and Windows 10, are recognized and at full capacity? If yes, as they are larger than 2TB, is it mandatory that they are GPT? Thanks in advance.

I have a 2.5in HDD in an external enclosure (it used to be an internal HDD, but when I was replacing my last laptop, I stripped out as much removable stuff as I could, e.g. RAM cards). When I connect it to my new laptop via USB 3.0 (no way to do direct SATA, unfortunately), the computer doesn't...

hi i bought a new Seagate 1tb hdd to harvest the sata Hdd inside and then use a 250-500gb hdd with that external case as external hard drive... my question is: is it possible to use size other than 1tb drives with that sata to usb bord? also is it possible to use other brands like toshiba or it...

I have two external HDD casing of two other brands, one of eira & another of ORICO. Both of them works in my Dell Inspiron laptop, both in USB 3.0 & USB 2.0. No issue at all. But in my HP R007TX laptop the eira case doesn't work in USB 3.0. The HDD gets connected and disconnected continuously...

I purchased a Seagate ST1000DX001. This is the 1TB Dekstop hybrid drive. My previous HDD was a caviar green 5400 RPM 1TB model. However when I first started using the hybrid drive my boot times were around 40 seconds rather than 70, a little disappointing. However now it has gotten to the point...