Convert Old Laptop Hard Drives to External Storage: Affordable $8 SATA to USB Adapter Guide
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- Опубліковано 23 сер 2024
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Discover innovative ways to repurpose old laptops in this essential guide! If you've accumulated several laptops over time, like I have, there are creative solutions to give them new life. In this video, I delve into practical uses for old laptops, extending beyond the NAS setup discussed in a previous video. Learn how to transform laptop hard drives into convenient archive storage using a USB to SATA converter. This straightforward method allows you to seamlessly switch between drives, making it essential to label them for easy content identification. Note: The USB to SATA converter highlighted here ([link]) is suitable for 2.5" HDDs from laptops. For desktop 3.5" HDDs requiring extra power, I recommend a different type of converter ([link]). Watch now to turn your obsolete laptops into valuable resources.
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this is a great content. we all have at least 3 old labtops that just became outdated and stopped working. to make screen as monitor for present laptop, that,s great. and other parts if we can do something to get some of our money back or good use out of. so great. thank you
Thank you for the power source clarification! Currently looking for a sata - usb adapter and saw that they only had 1 usb 3 cable.
I am with you there. I needed power info on these USB powered adapters.
It's exactly what i wanted to know: if the bigger ones require an external power source. Thanks Man!
Do they?
I really wanted to know if I needed extra power or not. Even not being the main purpose of the video you just clarified that. Thank you
You need 12-volt power supply for a 3.5 hard drive.
you have 139 k subs more then you dreamed, congrats
Very informational.
Was confused as to whether I need a connector with power, but you broke it down nice and simple.
I have a old computer hard drive, and I have multiple old laptop hard drives. Thank you.
This video helped me a lot. I had bought a similar adapter you showed at the beginning of the video for 2.5" HDDs. I was wondering why I couldnt get my 3.5" HDD to show up. Now I know what to do :)
I got one of those connectors. I also got one for a laptop DVD drive so I can pull the drive out and use it on my desk top computer.
thanks, helped me
i almost bought the one without power
i'm gonna be using a temporary 1TB HDD until i have a proper nas setup
i finaly got a new laptop and the old one is basicaly junk,but it has a aftermarket ssd that i salvage before thowing the laptop and i want to use it for extra storage,thank you
Very helpful and informative! Thank you sir!
Thanks! just needed to know if I had to get one with a power brick.
BRO IT REALLY HELPED ME A LOT , THANK YOU SO MUCH
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 🧐📝
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...
Thank you for this information; greatly appreciate it
Legend, thank you !
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
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 we connect this to our tv
very informative. Thank you.
Thank you for the information bro!
THANKS A TON this really helped.
Very informative sir! I'd like to request if you could give us a content/tutorial for a best diskless boot system for office or home network. Thanks in advance!
Clear and concise info this old fart could make sense of. Subscribed, but struggling with MANY external hard drives, and accessing them. Is there a hub that can plug into my PC that allows access to multiple (4, 5, 6+?) external hard drives at one time? I'm poor (disabled).
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.
Is work to phone if i use otg?
great video and THANK YOU good Sir !
Thank you sir new subscriber
thank you. by the way, are you filipino or indian- arab?
This tutorial helped me alot
I have a question, what is that third slot and what does it connect to ?
Awesome! Thank you.
perfect! Thanks for a great video.
will it same work with desktop pc as it will not get power by usb
Nice, thanks dude
mine says system reserved how to solve this ?
Torgoi, how to you do it so it doesn't wipe the drive
Them adaptors these are only £3 $5 to buy.
I buy them all the time
I just converted one on a 3.5 hard drive 12-volt.
I used a old 12 volt power supply
Or can just buy one £1.50 $2
Only need to solder two wires.
And it will work for both hard drives 2.5 & 3.5 inch
i bought one of these adapters,, a warning they have a tendency to burn out after about 4 months.. its best to get a hard drive harness or caddy
Thank you
Good work 👍👍
Salamat manong ditoy video.. so gayam nga madi na ag connect HDD drive ko . Kailangana na gayam ti extra power met .
Can you use the cable to pull old movies from the hard drive that are stored on it without formatting it?
did u find out?
Thank you great
Thank you.
Would this work if i dont have a hard drive on my laptop already?
very helpful video. I just subscribed to yor channel
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?
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
The best 👌
Ok, thanks bro 👍👍👍
what if the hdd have partition and windows 10 installed, can i connect it to laptop usb and access the files ??
useful for me thank ;)
2:22 I really want to use the 1tb capacity of my old hdd but I don't know how to deal with this EFI partition and Recovery partition since I can't delete it. What should I do to make it work similar to what you showed us in this video?
Thanks a milion
Is it a better idea to put in an Enclosure with a USB cable? Wil this extend its safety?
an external HDD enclosure is a good idea as it will protect it kind of like an otter box
what happens to the data in those drives? How can we save all the data and still remove the partitions?
I want to know the same!
Me too
The usb plug is 3.0, so is there any problem to plug it in to any female usb port? Will it work on any hard drives?
My desktop hdd is clicking and doest load the os..can i still recover it my files there?
present bro. hehe
Heje
REAL ONE
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???
Same lng ba Ang HDD external sa USB flash drive na Gawin extra memory?
Thanks
I have a spare SSD that has a bad sector issue. Can I retrieve the files inside that SSD?
Can the same connector be used for the dvd/cd drive? I just took it from an old laptop but not sure what I need to buy go use as an external dvd drive. Please and thank you! :)
Did you find? I want to do the same thing
@@cameirotorpedo5861 USB 2.0 to Slimline SATA 7+6 13pin Laptop CD DVD Optical Adapter
Can i use the external hard drive on an xbox one?
i actually need all the stuff in my old laptop since it has died. so do i have to do anything else?
heyyyy can i use this adapter to my dvd drive?
There are important files inside my old hard disc when my old computer broke down. Does this method allow me to access those files because I don't want to reformat it as my files inside will be gone
I also want to retrive the data from the HDD. In my case, my laptop reads the eternal HDD and E, F , G, H drives appears and then everything disappear. How to retrive data first?
can you run linux on new laptop using these hard disk installed in it. using them as external hard disk.
Look at the thumbnail... Soooo surprised.... nvr saw it again....
can i ask how do i know mine sata to usb converter not working
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??
Yes. If you buy the cable, you can plug it into another computer and access the drive. You'll just have to navigate to where your files are on the old drive and transfer them to the new computer. Once you have all your files backed up onto the new computer, follow the steps in this video to turn your old hard drive into a fresh external hard drive. If you plan on using the old hard drive in this way, you'll want to do that since it will have all kinds of useless operating system junk on it from your old computer.
@@Roachesneedlovetoo i did it! took a chance and got some box whatever thing that makes it look like a real storage drive... and got all my stuff on my new laptop now! thank you so much for this video AND for the reply!
Can I watch the movie in the hard drive on my ps4?
Can I use this for PS4?
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anyone know why mine doesnt show up when plugged in
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.
Yes you can ❤❤ you can also store game directory and play games from exterior hard drives and also something else you want to
nice video
Mine I have two USB is this the same
My sata cable is broken. Can i connect this wire to log into windows? Please help anyone?
can i use this to recover files
Can i still preserve the files in it somehow???
Can i use this on pc
Can i use it with my ps5
Exellent
At 0:22 it says 모니터 불량, moniter is defective
Is there any way to connect an old pc hard drive to a macbook?
same question
Yeah the one for 2.5 hard drive is $8 put the one for the 3.5 is $18
but my old laptop use 2200 NVMe SSD
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
But I need that storage settled in my new laptop 🙄😭
Been done this for 20 years smmfh!
Ay ay ta adalen kod kayman
Hindi naman nagana sa akim sir
Note first haha
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