Porch Enclosure

I’m possibly going to have to remove an internal hard drive from an old PC that doesn’t work, but I’ve the slightest clue how to connect one to my working desktop.

Does an external drive enclosure let you connect an internal hard drive via USB or something? or is that not even close?

You’re correct. An external hard drive enclosure just has the data and power connectors on the inside of the enclosure. You would plug your internal hard drive in, close the enclosure and plug it into another computer via usb or firewire.

This is my external hard drive setup

Internal HDD
I got a 1TB Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7,200RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
Link: http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0334293

External HDD enclosure:
Vantec NexStar CX 3.5" SATA to USB 2.0 External Hard Drive Enclosure link: http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0280367

The only thing I want to do is store all my music and videos on this hard drive and also use it to playback my media from a computer and/or a multimedia receiver. The hard drive may be on for a couple of hours during the day. Speaking about the enclosure, since its fanless, is it still a good enclosure for the purpose of this hard drive? I don’t want this hard drive to cook up on me. Besides, it is advertised as an aluminum, heat dissipating enclosure that will ensure that the hard drive won’t overheat. Please let me know what you guys think, thanks.

lol, i have the exact same setup and it works great. I can run games with it and everything. Doesn’t get hot at all. I love my vantec case. It is a giant heatsink that keeps the hard drive really cool.
Comes with an estata desktop adapter too which is really nice (and all the cables you need)
and putting it together is really easy. two screws and one cable.

I have a Dell Inspiron 1545 laptop, and I want to buy a hard drive enclosure for the hard drive. I know it’s SATA, but what size should the enclosure be to ensure my hard drive fits? Is it 2.5"?

Laptop hard drives are all 2.5"

Hard drive crashed. Wanted to recover a few files via a USB enclosure. Hooked it up and after getting past red tape of Admin rights and such, none of my files are there. Under music it’s only showing the sample music that came on the computer and under the documents tab it’s empty. The dates by all these files, saying when they were last used/modified match the date of the crash so I’d assume my files should be there somewhere. Right?

It was suggested to me to use and IDE connector, but a. this is a laptop not a desktop and b. I don’t really have the time to order the right things for that if I have to order it from the web because I have to send the busted hard drive back to HP by Thurs.

Also, I’m not sure but I’m wondering if the problem could be that the crashed HD is from a computer that is two years newer and had a different version of Windows. But I really don’t see how that would matter since the sample music/pictures are still showing up.

Can anyone help me?

I had an HP laptop hard drive that went bad too. I was able to get the info back, for free.

1st I would put the HD back in the laptop and try to find the files with an Ubuntu Live CD. A live CD will boot up your computer and run it independently of your HD. You can then transfer the info to a USB drive - here is a how to:
http://www.myfixlog.com/fix.php?fid=17

2nd - if that didnt work you can install a free program called PhotoRec inside Ubuntu. PhotoRec will scan your HD for files. If the files are there, PhotoRec will get them back. Here is a how-to:
http://www.myfixlog.com/fix.php?fid=19
You can also run PhotoRec in Windows. If you would like to put the HD in the USB enclosure and use PhotoRec in windows just use these instructions: (the how-to is for recovering photos from camera memory cards, but will recover other files as well)
http://www.myfixlog.com/fix.php?fid=20

One observation:
The used/modified date of the sample music is the date that the OS was installed. This files are created on installation. Because of this I would venture to guess that you tried to recover your drive to factory settings using the boot-up options (ie format and reinstall Windows from the image on the HD recovery partition). Or, best case, you are looking at the wrong drive.

If you did try to recover, use Photo Rec. It can recover from formated drives.

i have a sata hard drive from a laptop will any of these usb enclosures work with it?

picture of HDD similar to mine

http://www.datarecoverytutorial.com/wp-images/recover-data-from-laptop/laptop-sata-hard-drive.jpg

HDD enclosures i want to buy(if they will work with my HDD

http://www.amazon.com/Enclosure-Case-Laptop-SATA-Drive/dp/B003DS8N5K/ref=sr_1_21?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1282381568&sr=1-21

http://www.amazon.com/Drive-Aluminum-External-Enclosure-Silver/dp/B0037FR47C/ref=sr_1_16?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1282382671&sr=1-16

if you have sata hard drive any sata enclosure will work

the whole enclosure is screen except the bottom which is plastic. its 3 feet tall and 1 1/2 feet wide. or should i use an aquarium? (this is for a baby and hopefully will be kept there until adulthood). the door locks but it seems somewhat weak.

i dont own snakes but i know when it comes to ball pythons especially babies they need to be in small aquariums so they feel safe if its to big it will get stressed and screen is not a good idea since they need humidity plus screen cages are normally for animals that require fresh flowing air like chameleons and depending on how small your ball pythons is i would put it in a 20 gallon tank and see how it does and then move up to a larger ones as it matures.

Cutting down trees is practically forbidden (municipal pro-tree movement). Is there such thing as a metal enclosure with small holes to fill with dirt and the sewer line? The holes would be to let any leaks from the sewer drain into the soil.

Or maybe line a trench with lumber or plastic sheets so that the sewer is within this trench structure?

Roebic makes FRK-12, a foaming root killer. You put it into your system by pouring it into your toilet as you flush it, and it begins to foam on contact with water.
The advantage to this product is that the foam fills the pipe and gets hung up on the roots and kills those invading your sewer - not just the roots which are in the bottom of the pipe. I put some in our sewer over a year ago and have had no trouble since. Good luck!

Where can i find plastic round ports for subwoofer enclosures?

It’s probably less expensive to just buy PVC pipe from Lowe’s or Home Depot.

Calculate the required diameter here and cut them to the proper length.

http://www.the12volt.com/caraudio/boxcalcs.asp#rec

If you would rather not go the PVC route, you can buy premade ports here:

http://www.parts-express.com/wizards/searchResults.cfm?srchExt=Cat&srchCat=143&CFID=5939142&CFTOKEN=54264889

i was thinking about getting a glass tank for my snake but i was reading that this enclosure to be the worst possible choice for snakes because the glass makes it hard to control the proper environmental conditions i was told that a plastic cage enclosure to be the best and if it is where can i get one or can i just go get those basic plastic ones that are normally ment for other things as a cage from wal mart

glass tanks aren’t necessarily the worst. But for red tail it’s not the best. Any big plastic one from walmart would be great. I use one of the 15 gallon small ones for my gecko. Just make sure you cut some holes into it either small enough so it doesn’t get out or large enough to screen. My boyfriend burned little holes all around the rim of his.

what is the Industrial name that is used to refer to the plastic that is used for housing electric components like motherboards
and what is the best type of plastic to use when making computer casing ?
Thank you in advance

The most common type of plastic used for computer cases is acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS). One trade name is Cycolac®.

Other plastics used for electical and electronic enclosures include PVC and polycarbonate.

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