B Black Alley Cat Honorable Nov 29, 2012 2 0 10,510 Nov 30, 2012 #1 Was wondering if you can plug a SATA III HDD into An Enclosure that only supports SATA I and II.
Supernova1138 Illustrious Mar 22, 2011 5,337 53 37,690 Nov 30, 2012 #2 Yes you can. SATA is backwards compatible. Only SSDs really benefit from SATA III anyway, so you won't lose out on any performance either using a SATA II enclosure. Upvote 0 Downvote
Yes you can. SATA is backwards compatible. Only SSDs really benefit from SATA III anyway, so you won't lose out on any performance either using a SATA II enclosure.
B Black Alley Cat Honorable Nov 29, 2012 2 0 10,510 Dec 1, 2012 #3 Sweet! Thanks for the info! Upvote 0 Downvote