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Apple Computing Products:
macOS - Notebook Hardware
Using an old HD and running externally
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<blockquote data-quote="Slydude" data-source="post: 1433386" data-attributes="member: 131855"><p>Running those drives as external hard drives works well. I have one old drive in a permanent enclosure and a few others that I use in a temporary drive dock. Two things to keep in mind though:</p><p></p><p>1. Make sure the enclosure/dock supports the type of drive you want to connect (SATA vs. IDE for example). </p><p>2. Many Power PC Macs will run not boot from external hard drives unless they are in Firewire enclosures.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Slydude, post: 1433386, member: 131855"] Running those drives as external hard drives works well. I have one old drive in a permanent enclosure and a few others that I use in a temporary drive dock. Two things to keep in mind though: 1. Make sure the enclosure/dock supports the type of drive you want to connect (SATA vs. IDE for example). 2. Many Power PC Macs will run not boot from external hard drives unless they are in Firewire enclosures. [/QUOTE]
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