Tim Jeeves

Q: What kind of external hard drive case?

Hi there,
I've just upgraded the hard disc in my 2012 Macbook Pro to a SSD. There was nothing wrong with my old drive, I just wanted to give the ageing computer a bit of a boost. That's all worked out fine, but I obviously now have spare the hard disc that was in the computer originally.
Am I right in understanding that if I buy an appropriate case for this drive, I can then use it as an external drive?


I know it's a 2.5" case that I want and, looking online, a lot of the cases seem to be 'Sata to USB'. I have no idea what this means but is this what I need, or is it something else that I require? And if I buy a case, is there anything else I need? I imagine it should be very simple to sort out, though haven't done it before so any advice would be much appreciated.

 

Thanks all. tim

MacBook Pro, OS X El Capitan (10.11.5), 16GB Ram

Posted on Jun 25, 2016 2:42 AM

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