MacBook - External HD conversion

lucasthomas29@y · lucasthomas29@y #1 (**permalink**)

04-08-2008, 09:05 AM

After I replace my hard drive this weakend can the factory HD be converted into a external HD???????

mac57 · mac57 #2 (**permalink**)

04-08-2008, 01:34 PM

In practice, yes. There are a variety of manufacturers out there who make hard drive enclosures. You just need to get one that is compatible with the interface of your newly retired hard drive and all should be well.

Here is one such example, this one from Tiger Direct. There are lots and lots of these sort of things around.

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Member Since: Apr 29, 2006 Location: St. Somewhere Posts: 4,547 Mac Specs: PowerMac G5 Quad, 2.5 GHz, 4 Core, 120 GB SSD, 500 GB HDD	04-08-2008, 01:34 PM In practice, yes. There are a variety of manufacturers out there who make hard drive enclosures. You just need to get one that is compatible with the interface of your newly retired hard drive and all should be well. Here is one such example, this one from Tiger Direct. There are lots and lots of these sort of things around. My Macs: PowerMac G5 Quad, 2.5 GHz, 4 Core, Mac Pro, 3.2 GHz 8 Core, Power Macintosh 7500/100 My iStuff: 32 GB iPhone 4, 30 GB iPod Video, 16 GB iPod Touch My OS': Mac OS X Tiger, Mac OS X Snow Leopard, Mac OS X Leopard, Mac OS 8.6, openSUSE 10.3, Win XP I was on the Mac-Forums honor roll for September 2007
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Member Since: Jan 22, 2008 Posts: 6	04-08-2008, 09:05 AM After I replace my hard drive this weakend can the factory HD be converted into a external HD???????
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