New hdd in old enclosure?

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Bob002

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I have about a 4 year old Buslink hdd (external).

The hdd died in it. Is it possible to remove the dead drive and put a new drive in???
 
Since the HD died already, just try your best opening up the enclosure without damaging anything. Take a look inside and see if you are able to pop a new drive in without doing any type of fancy things. Most if not all aftermarket enclosures have a standard IDE plug that goes directly onto the HD. Just pop in a Hard Drive similar in size and I wouldn't see why it would not work out.
 
Since the HD died already, just try your best opening up the enclosure without damaging anything. Take a look inside and see if you are able to pop a new drive in without doing any type of fancy things. Most if not all aftermarket enclosures have a standard IDE plug that goes directly onto the HD. Just pop in a Hard Drive similar in size and I wouldn't see why it would not work out.
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Exactaly..

Although, 4 years old.. Is it usb or usb2?

-scoob8000
 
scoob8000 said:
Exactaly..

Although, 4 years old.. Is it usb or usb2?

-scoob8000
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usb 1.

i just used it for basic storage, etc. Was kinda nice, and the maxtor drive in there lasted for a LONG time with being on almost constantly.
 
If you're buying a new HDD - you might want to spend the extra $20 for a new USB2 enclosure too...
 
[H]Rabbit said:
If you're buying a new HDD - you might want to spend the extra $20 for a new USB2 enclosure too...
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This is true. However, I'll still have an old enclosure just gathering dust... I may do both. :D Buy a new one and a new HDD, and also use this old one.
 
Bob002 said:
This is true. However, I'll still have an old enclosure just gathering dust... I may do both. :D Buy a new one and a new HDD, and also use this old one.
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There's always EBay :)
 
I have the same Buslink case with the same Maxtor drive. The drive is nothing special, any IDE drive will work, with no size limit (I stick 1 160 gb drive in it). I'm guessing the plastic part of your case is yellow if it's 4 years old, and it's definitely USB 1.0.

I agree with others, replace it with a USB 2.0 case as USB 1.0 is too slow.
 
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