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Help with making an internal drive into an external.
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SATA to USB adapter + power supply. Something like https://smile.amazon.com/Sabrent-External-Lay-Flat-Docking-EC-DFLT/dp/B00LS5NFQ2 or https://www.amazon.com/AGPtek-Drive-Adapter-Converter-External/dp/B00BIE996S
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For temporary use I like the docking style SATA->USB adapters like this: https://www.amazon.com/Cable-Matters-Docking-Station-Support/dp/B0099TX7O4
You basically just shove a drive into the slot and it mounts. Then when you're done with it you unmount it from the OS and just pull it straight out. Easy peasy.
You basically just shove a drive into the slot and it mounts. Then when you're done with it you unmount it from the OS and just pull it straight out. Easy peasy.
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Never fear, it should fit. The little cutout in the picture is sized for 2.5" "laptop size" drives, and the entire rectangular outline accommodates 3.5" drives (like the one in your photo). As long as your drives have the SATA connector you showed in your second photo then they will fit.
The slot cover is hinged and spring loaded, it will fit any 2.5" and 3.5" hard drive .
As said above, all that matters is that it's a SATA hard drive .