Convert Old Laptop Hard Drives to External Storage: Affordable $8 SATA to USB Adapter Guide

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Can i use the external hard drive on an xbox one?

Perfect video I wanted to know do you just take out the whole hard drives from the old laptops, please,because I have an Dell Mini 10v netbook as well as HP Notebook Laptop 2000

Good work 👍👍

hi do you look at the comments anymore here? it's been a couple years since you post this... i have a laptop that gave out on me, won't turn on. i was going to try to take the hard drive out. if i do this will it be possible for me to get my data off the drive? you're showing here how to reuse old drives but this would be the same type thing, just plug it in and my data, music, movies, photos... COULD still be there? should i invest in this cable, only 8 bucks... is it worth a try? think it will work??

very helpful video. I just subscribed to yor channel

tHANS i have been thyinking of what to do with alot of old pc+laptops ram+ssd+hdd(ram that worked i gave away to my mother to upgrade her 4gb to 2*8gb)and will get converters for hdd to use (great for movies tv series n music backup to keep=

Great video thanks alot...

perfect! Thanks for a great video.

Do you have a video to show how to format the laptop sata drive and do a reinstall of Windows 7 Home Premium? Problem is that laptop won't boot or access the bios settings but boots to Mfg (press Esc) section. It came with windows 7 home premium and I have the product key but no instal disk but I have a legit W7 Home P. on a desktop with product key too. Laptop has 250 GB and desktop has 1 TB ????? BOOTMGR is missing from the laptop...Will it work to CLONE the desktop to the laptop drive OR download win7 to the laptop drive with it being connected to the Adapter via USB cable???

Can I use this for PS4?

I have a spare SSD that has a bad sector issue. Can I retrieve the files inside that SSD?

what happens to the data in those drives? How can we save all the data and still remove the partitions?

Can i use this on pc

great video and THANK YOU good Sir !

Same lng ba Ang HDD external sa USB flash drive na Gawin extra memory?

Thank you for this information; greatly appreciate it

THANKS A TON this really helped.

can i use this to recover files

This sata cable is Good for about a year and a half of constant use ,but it will break, my sata cabke didn't break completely but the access light connection stopped working, it can power the hdd, but without connection to transfer files, I tried the cable with multiple drives and it was the same. My recommendation is to buy 2 or 3 of these sata cables, so when it breaks from constant use, you have a quick replacement for any emergency.

There is only "SATA to USB 3.0 cable with power supply USB and data transfer USB" in my location. So, it has two USB cable coming out from the SATA at the other end. Is it okay to use the laptop 2.5inch SSD with only data cable connected with the one that I mentioned earlier. Or do I have to plug both in? Because I have been hearing that some laptops are having issues when connected with the mentioned cable.

Hi my friend
I have an old Maxtor D540X-4K
Internal HDD 3.5" SERIES
the question can i use this adaptor?
waiting for reply
Thanx

I will definitely give this a try i just did an SSD swap on an old MacBook . just curious to see the transfer speeds as well 🧐📝

Very helpful and informative! Thank you sir!

but my old laptop use 2200 NVMe SSD

for 2.5" drive = no need of extra power ; for 5.2" drive , you need an extra power . that's all

Thank you for the information bro!

I bought a SATA to USB and it is working correctly as i tested with my SSD but my HDD is not showing up, it is spinning and all but not showing up in My PC, in disk management it says invalid drive. Any suggestions?

It's exactly what i wanted to know: if the bigger ones require an external power source. Thanks Man!

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Thanks. Great. I needed to know that the usb power would be enough to power my laptop HDD. I am having issues cloning my HDD to SSD and need a newer better cable.

can i ask how do i know mine sata to usb converter not working

Thanks

Awesome! Thank you.

Will i do the same steps if I'm going to use the hard drive to upgrade my low memory laptop? Say may laptop has 80GB of storage and i have a broken laptop that has 160GB and i will clone the 80GB to 160GB.

Nice, thanks dude

Exellent

Is there any way to connect an old pc hard drive to a macbook?

My sata cable is broken. Can i connect this wire to log into windows? Please help anyone?

Mine I have two USB is this the same

heyyyy can i use this adapter to my dvd drive?

nice video

Thank you for the power source clarification! Currently looking for a sata - usb adapter and saw that they only had 1 usb 3 cable.

No more money on external hard drives
Just get yourself one cabe
And a new laptop hdd and that will cost you cheaper than a premade ones

Can i use it with my ps5

Can i still preserve the files in it somehow???

Thank you

Is it a better idea to put in an Enclosure with a USB cable? Wil this extend its safety?

Would this work if i dont have a hard drive on my laptop already?

This tutorial helped me alot <3