external HDD enclosure

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...

I’m looking for a 5 to 8 bay external drive enclosure with fan(s) and power. It needs to handle 2.5/3.5 drives and does not need raid. I’m planning on using it for a media server and a gaming drive so it needs a fast connection to pc I have USB 3.2 ports available 3 look like the old USB A and...

Hello, I am working with Windows 10 Laptop that doesn't have a Thunderbolt port. I am looking for a RAID enclosure with the following characteristics: • Diskless - Enclosure only. • 5 Bay Enclosure (SATA HDD) • 10gb USB-C interface (USB 3.1 Gen 2 \ USB 3.2). • Supports at least 14TB per...

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...

Okay, so this is going to be a complicated post - - HDD Momentus - This HDD was installed in my laptop as OS drive and still has OS installed on it. - HDD Orico - This is an HDD taken from an older system and I was using it as external HDD in an Orico enclosure. This drive has some personal...

Hi all, I have a need to build a storage that can handle RAID 5. I've read that if there's a failure in one of the drive RAID 5 can safe the data by changing the problematic drive. From what i understand after changing the drive, RAID will compiling all the data for the new drive and compiling...

I’m having an issue with my external hardrive. Alright so it’s a WD blue 1.0TB hardrive and when I bought it , it was in a Lenovo 2.5” USB 3.0 external HDD enclosure. But the USB port for it is loose so I could only access it if I put it up or hold it up in a certain way. So I bought a new...

I've been trying to find a good USB 3.0 RAID enclosure for my 2 laptop HDD's. Wanted to turn them into 1 big RAID 0 drive with 1.5 TB of storage however every enclosure I've seen out there has pretty bad reviews. The first one i tried, a Hornetek model kept disconnecting and eventually wouldn't...

Hi guys, so i run a personal Plex server at home and currently have 2 internal drives and 6 externals. i need more space and would realy like a harddrive enclosure which you can add 4-6 internals to, i want it to essentially be a dumb drive holder. i found some from companies called ICYBOX...

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...