Move Data from Old Desktop IDE Hard Disk to Laptop
- Thread starter mvmkandan
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- Sep 7, 2013
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Some IDE-USB cables are primitive & unreliable so you could be wasting your money. A much better way for not much more money is a mains-powered 3.5-inch external hard drive enclosure which plugs in to a USB port. Here's an example of one:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/EXTERNAL-DRIVE-ENCLOSURE-Indicator-1000gb/dp/B0037JW1Y4
Don't worry if you're running a later version of Windows on your laptop than is shown on the product page. The enclosure will work on any Windows version from XP up to and including Windows 8 because the required drivers are already installed.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/EXTERNAL-DRIVE-ENCLOSURE-Indicator-1000gb/dp/B0037JW1Y4
Don't worry if you're running a later version of Windows on your laptop than is shown on the product page. The enclosure will work on any Windows version from XP up to and including Windows 8 because the required drivers are already installed.
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