Making portable hard drive

[blademast3r]

Hi guys i head read somewhere a tutorial where one could make a portable hdd with a 2.5 hard drive and some portable drive casing..
so now i hav a 3.5 inch 20gb hdd which i want to convert into a portable hdd...cud sm1 pls guide me...what casing/convertors will i need and how much will they cost...

[nil_3]

The casing for Laptop hard discs(80/120GB) are available in market. The price for the casing marketed by Transcend is Rs. 850/-(in Kolkata). Low priced(Rs. 200/-) casings are also available. Installation is hassle-free. If you purchase portable Hard Disc and casing from the same shop, they will assemble them.

[blademast3r]

but i hav a pc hd not laptop...dyu get casings for them too...

[Pragadheesh]

ofcourse... just approach a computer shop n ask them to do a USB casing over yo 20gb hd.. jus a 15mins work but it would cost u around 700...
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my opinion ,dont ever go for portable hard disks(iff size doesnt matter as u would ave power cables n stuufs), rather buy an internal hd n do an external casing for it.. Njoy wid yo portable hd..

[blademast3r]

Originally Posted by Pragadheesh

ofcourse... just approach a computer shop n ask them to do a USB casing over yo 20gb hd.. jus a 15mins work but it would cost u around 700...
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my opinion ,dont ever go for portable hard disks(iff size doesnt matter as u would ave power cables n stuufs), rather buy an internal hd n do an external casing for it.. Njoy wid yo portable hd..

thats kinda k, cos i cant use this hd in any other way and am in need of portable space, where wud i get a 20bg portable hd for rs 700!!
thanks

[buntythecool]

u can get a converter to convert ur IDE as well as SATA hard disk in to Usb interface just for 1000bugs in mumbai

[caleb]

Go for a brand called GEMINI (it's cheap and reliable brand) you will get the USB case with all the required cables & a manual with pictures on how to assemble it...it is as easy as adding light bulb.

There are 2 models in GEMINI
1. Rs.500/-= without cooling fan
2. Rs.850/-= with cooling fan

The cooling fan is not really required...I say this coz I hav both of them which I purchased a few months ago and both work well. The advantge of the HDD case with cooling fan is that you can alternatively connect your internal CD/DVD Writer to that case to make it a external CD/DVD Writer.

[koolbluez]

Here u go.... full details... illustrated.

Note Book Review - DIY Portable Hard Drive
Recycle a laptop hard drive
The latter page's link jumps page every 3 sec or so... so... copy contents asap into some word document

[blademast3r]

thank u sooo much caleb and koolbluea