Sometime ago I wrote about how I upgraded my eo 40 Gb HDD to 100 Gb. Today I gonna show what to do with the old HDD.

Browsing this huge universe called Internet, I found the existence of very cheap enclosures for 2.5 inches HDD. So I bought one here.



What's in the Box?

1. USB 2.0 cable with extra power USB cable
2. Screwdriver
3. Screw set
4. Driver CD for Windows 98
5. Enclosure
6. Carrying Case

The first thing to do is to open the enclosure in the way shown in picture 3.


Once it's open you connect your HDD...


Put it inside the enclosure


Once you have done that you fix it using the screws, putting them in the place marked with the red circle in picture 6.


If when you connect the enclosure to your PC you hear a clicking noise that means that your PC can't give enough power to make the HDD spin. In this case you have to connect the end marked with an A in picture 7 to one USB port in your PC and the one marked with a B to a second USB Port. In eos V7110 one connector is enough to power this HDD.


Picture 8 shows the enclosure with our 40 Gb HDD ready to go.



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Posted by CTitanic to ULTRA MOBILE PC TIPS at 8/13/2006 06:47:00 PM

CT, i like the article, good use for a smaller HD, i did the same thing with my old laptop drive when i upped the size, using the old one as a external storage.

Nice article! 

-MP

I liked the post too! The pictures were really worth shooting, it tells a whole lot more than just text.

//F2theD

Thanks guys!

Now we jsut need one that supprts 1.8" drives with a ZIF connector so we can reuse the drives from the Samsung Q1

 

 

G

You know - you just made MY blog a lot more powerful by reminding me that I can use my tablet to draw on areas of the screen to highlight them.

I really wish my UMPC had a CF or SD slot now.

If i could dive off topic for a second, does anyone have any suggestions for larger external drive cases?  I've already got my old laptop drive in a external case (w/o fan) But i'm looking to get a larger external drive for backups, and the cases my roomates have both have fans that refuse to turn off or slow down, even when their computers are in sleep mode the fans are still humming along.

Any suggestions are appreciated!

-MP