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Originally Posted by todd
Do I just pop my hard drive in there connecting it to an IDE slot, then pop the USB cord into a computer?
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Ummm, yes. I just replaced the hard drive in my laptop (4200 rpm, 60GB) with a new one (5400 rpm, 60GB), cause the old one was starting to be twitchy. I bought an external USB enclosure, and actually installing the old hard drive (cause it ain't dead yet) in the enclosure took less time than installing the new drive in the laptop. Plugged the usb plug into the laptop and the drive was instantly recognized, and given a letter. Most external drive enclosures come with two cords, one is a USB for data transfer and one is a power adapter cord. I don't know for desktops, my external came with a USB to 9V adapter, so I get enough power from two USB ports to run the drive.